Almost 90% of surveyed Americans say people shouldn’t be judged for moving back home.
- Pandemic lockdowns, decades-high inflation, soaring student debt, and a shaky job market are being made to blame for the increase in young people staying put.
- These days, about 23 million Americans ages 18 to 29 are living with family — roughly the same level as the 1940s, a time when women were more likely to remain at home until marriage and men too were lingering on family farms in the aftermath of the Great Depression.