young adults are more likely to live alone, with roommates, or with their parents. About 30% more Millennials live alone or with roommates than when their Boomer parents were that age in the early 1980s. Twice as many Millennial young adults lived with their parents compared to Boomers—a record 17% in 2020. Although this is a big shift, that number is smaller than you’d expect given all the hand-wringing about Millennials living with their parents—more than 8 out of 10 are not.
