More 18- to 34-year-olds are living with their parents than any time in American history, the latest sign that the “boomerang” generation is getting left behind and struggling to make it on their own, according to a new Census analysis.
Leading the rush back to mommy and daddy’s comfy nest are 18- to 24-year-olds, half of whom now live at home in 2014, a percentage not seen since before World War II.
Next are those aged 25-29, with 25 percent living with their parents, a new high since Census surveys began in 1880.
And a stunning 13 percent of those aged 30-34 are back with their parents, according to a Pew Research Center survey.
“For the first time in more than 130 years, 18- to 34-year-olds in the U.S. were more likely to be living in their parents’ home than with a spouse or partner in their own household,” said Pew’s latest report.
The survey found that while the conventional wisdom has been that college kids are returning home, it’s actually those with no added education. Just 13 percent of those with four-year degrees are returning home.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
