census of how many college students are living at home
In 2013, 34% of Millennials lived in their parentsâ home, a decline from the 35% of 18- to 32-year-olds living at home in 2012. This marginal decline in living at home is largely a result of the way the Census data source handles young college students. In the Current Population Survey, unmarried 18- to 24-year-olds living in college dormitories are categorized as if they reside in their parentâs home.
According to 2014 figures, 27% of young women were college students. College students â including those enrolled part-time and at community college â are significantly more likely to live with family than young adults who are not in college. In 2014, 45% of young females in college lived with family, compared with 33% of young females not in college. Furthermore, while marriage typically promotes living independently of parents and other relatives, many young women are delaying marriage compared with earlier decades.
In 2013, 15% of Millennials in this older age segment were living in their parentsâ home, the same rate observed in this age group in 2012. And among 18- to 24-year-olds not enrolled in college, 50% lived with their mom and/or dad in 2013. Again, this is unchanged from the 50% observed in 2012.