In 2025, 25.2 million U.S. adults under the age of 35 lived with their parents. These figures indicate that one-third of U.S. adults between the ages of 25 and 35 were living with their parents.

The national median home listing price in 2025 reached approximately $430,000, 34% higher than pre-pandemic levels. The national median asking rent averaged $1,673 and was 18% higher than pre-pandemic levels. 70% of adults aged 25 to 35 who reside with their parents are employed. About one-third of adults aged 25 to 29 living with parents possess a bachelor's degree or higher. Hannah Jones, a senior economist at a real estate company, stated, "This is a supply story, not an employment story."

Nearly 3 million adults aged 30 to 34 live with their parents. Most adults living with their parents have never married. The share of employed adults in their late 20s residing with parents increased from about one in nine in 2000 to nearly one in seven in 2025. If living arrangements from the early 2000s had continued, 4.86 million fewer young adults would live with their parents today.

Jones said, "The typical first-time buyer is now 40, that's not a coincidence, it's the math of a market that hasn't built enough." The annual inflation rate reached 4.2% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Approximately 40% of recent college graduates work in positions that do not require a college degree. College graduates have faced higher unemployment rates than other workers since 2020.

No independent assessment was available for this report.