Ages 28-34 Adult children still live under their parents roof.

Census bureau 2015 - stats. In the U.S.

Young people , who go to College even still live at home if Single.


There are now plenty of jobs available for those who are seeking.


Thanks to Trump , the Economy is thriving , so to speak. IMO

Hopefully this number has changed for the better.

I think its the fault of the parents. Some hate to see their child move out, OR if the kid gets a job, some parents want them to pay rent and stay put. Other than that, you are correct, it's a puzzle. I love my family, but when they graduate high school or college, its up to them to take care of themselves. Now, if their apartment burns down, or the house is flooded, they are welcome to come home during the interim

Times and economics has changed over the decades.

Things that were true when I was a kid and haven't been true for ages since, include jobs that young people are able to do for pay, to get used to working for a living. Even the paper routes are being done by adults in cars, these days.

When my own parents were starting out, it only took ONE job for them to be able to afford a small house. By the time I graduated college in 1974, it already required TWO jobs, just to rent an apartment, because although inflation had lifted the price of housing tremendously, it didn't raise the wages the same amount.

And by now, there flat out IS NO LOW INCOME HOUSING anywhere in major metropolitan areas.

And sorry, but lowering taxes on employers hasn't done anything to change that. Lots of people in business are making more money, but the cost of living is just as high as before (and rising), and wages are STILL not even beginning to climb in proportion.

So no, this isn't happening because parents aren't tough enough, or whatever. It's happening for the same reason it was that way BEFORE the 1950's expansion changed everything, too: because fewer people can AFFORD to live on their own now.

Pay gets higher cost of living gets higher. You have to work two jobs to keep up. Some work more so it's not that parents aren't tough enough.

And some families just enjoy being together, and kids have no spouse or other dependents, so why not be with the family where they know they are loved and wanted?

Exactly! And if you're just starting out with a low paying job, in order to get ahead you pretty much have to live with someone like a parent, sister, or get a roommate.

Like Igor said, fewer people can afford to live on their own. If someone is only making $10 an hour, it's extremely difficult without assistance depending on what area you live in.

Interesting comments! corrections that age should be 18- 34.

Exactly the more the merrier ❤

There could be many reasons why this is..it's nice to see that the comments didn't lean to the negative side..

There are probably tons of reasons, why adult children
still live with parents.
Ranging from a parental fear of an empty nest.
To the adult child, staying to assist a disabled parent.

Then, there's 'failure to launch'. Whereas, the adult child
lacks the maturity, and/or mental faculties, to make it on
their on in the real world.

I think an adult child should get employment and get a place of their own, even if it's a small apt whatever is affordable.

I'm not into them living at home and helping pay Bills.

Part of being an Adult is supporting yourself , unless they have a disability that hinders that.

My Opinion

I agree !

This. Very much the same over here in my country.
And there are barely any rentals at all, let alone low income ones (these are all old and get demolished) and no new low income houses are being built, just more expensive houses but NOT rentals either.

The cheaper houses that come up for sale -which aren't a whole lot- get bought by larger companies who then rent them out for a bomb.
Again the lower income is left in the cold. Government does f*(k all to stop this from happening.

If this goes on, pretty soon 30+ yr olds will still live with their parents.
Indeed NOTHING parents do wrong, there simply are no houses, let alone houses that are affordable for average or lower incomes.
Serious shortage of houses as it is in general. I was lucky when I got my rental in 2012.
As it is now I think there's 1 council house every 2 months. If that. Used to be more like 1 a day or every other day...
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Thing I do not get is that some 3-4 yrs ago we had this huge influx of refugees from I believe Syria or Libya? Thousands and thousands came to Holland and Germany. It was bad. Even in my area we sheltered 1500, which is unusual for this remote region. Those 1500 were men only, and they all got housing. Maybe not within a few months, but eventually they did.
THAT I do NOT understand. Apparently there ARE houses, just not for us.

It's been like that for at least 20 years, just that back then they were open about the policy. Council gave you a list of houses for rent, the ones with an asterisk you could not apply for as they were being reserved for refugees. And there was many with an asterisk, and some of these houses were empty, had been for yonks. Yet, you could not apply for them, not even when you had a real emergency.
Now it looks like they still have that policy, they just don't tell you about it anymore.