More D.C. young people live with parents than national average
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Young adults in the DMV are crashing with their parents at higher rates than many of their peers nationwide, a new analysis finds.
The big picture: This comes as more families and friends in Washington are buying homes together.
By the numbers: Almost 19% of Washington's adults aged 25-34 were living in a parent's home as of 2023, per a Pew Research Center analysis of census data.
- That's just higher than the national average of almost 18%.
Yes, but: The DMV is far from leading the pack — it's not in the top 10 list of places with the highest share of young adults living at a parents' home, per the report.
- Most of those metros are concentrated in California, Texas and Florida.
Zoom out: The national average is down a bit after steadily increasing from 2000-2017, a period marked by multiple financial crises that changed the leaving-home calculus for many young adults.
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 jibes 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.