About 14.3 million Millennials still live at home with their mothers, now accounting for a fifth of all Americans in that age range, a 9.2 percent increase from 2000.
During the housing crash, Millennial graduates and young adults entering the workforce were faced with record unemployment levels and the economy's overall weakness. Despite current overall economic strength, the affordability crisis in the housing market remains a major obstacle for young adults to achieve homeownership or find an affordable home to rent, according to Zillow's report.
Zillow analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2000-2017, made available by the University of Minnesota, IPUMS-USA. We identified households in which a mother and her young adult child lived in the same household. The analysis also includes households where both parents were present, as long as the mother was. 2017 was the latest year for which data was available at the time of this analysis.
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