One in five Philly metro young adults are living with their parents
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Young people in the Philadelphia metro are living with their parents at higher rates than many of their peers nationwide.
Why it matters: Living at home can reflect the new economic realities facing young people as well as cultural preferences and caregiving needs.
State of play: 21.5% of the Philly region's adults ages 25-34 were crashing with their parents as of 2023, per a Pew Research Center analysis.
- That's above the U.S. average of nearly 18%.
Yes, but: Philly isn't at the forefront of this trend and doesn't even crack the top 10 metros with the largest share of young people calling their parents' roommates, per the report.
- Vallejo, California, leads the pack (33%), with the remaining top metros located elsewhere in the Golden State, Texas and Florida.
The other side: Lincoln, Nebraska (2.9%); Springfield, Missouri (6.7%) and Utica, New York (7.8%) have the smallest shares.
Between the lines: Metros with more white young adults than average tend to have lower-than-average shares of young adults overall living with their parents.
- That jives with longstanding findings that white young adults are less likely than others to live with their parents, per Pew.
The intrigue: While some areas with relatively high shares of young adults living at a parent's home also have relatively steep housing costs, Pew didn't find a clear link between those factors.