The numbers point to a housing market that remains difficult to break into, even for young adults with jobs and college degrees, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n
“The adults living with their parents today are largely employed, and many hold college degrees<\/a>,” Hannah Jones, senior economist at Realtor.com, said in a statement. “What’s holding them back isn’t a lack of qualifications, but rather, at least in part, a lack of housing they can actually afford. This is a supply story, not an employment story.”<\/p>\n GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ADD NEARLY $132K TO COST OF NEW HOME, BUILDERS SAY<\/a><\/p>\n In 2025, 25.2 million adults under 35 lived with a parent. (iStock)<\/p>\n That supply problem has been years in the making. The U.S. is short of roughly 4 million homes<\/a>, with entry-level properties especially scarce. The gap has widened since construction slowed following the 2008 financial crisis, Realtor.com reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n About 70% of 25- to 34-year-olds living with their parents have jobs<\/a>. In 2000, about one in nine employed adults in their late 20s lived at home. By 2025, that share had climbed to nearly one in seven.<\/p>\n For many young Americans<\/a>, moving out has become increasingly expensive.<\/p>\n The national median home listing price is $430,000, up 34.4% from 2019, while the median asking rent has climbed to $1,673, up 17.9% over the same period, according to Realtor.com.<\/p>\n MEDIAN US HOME PRICE PROJECTED TO HIT $1 MILLION BY 2050 \u2014 RIGHT AS MILLENNIALS RETIRE<\/a><\/p>\n In 2000, about one in nine employed adults in their late 20s lived at home. By 2025, that share had climbed to nearly one in seven. (iStock)<\/p>\n The delayed move into independent living could eventually translate into a wave of future housing demand.<\/p>\n As affordability improves or more homes are built, millions of young adults who postponed renting or buying could enter the market, Realtor.com reported.<\/p>\n “Twenty-five million adults living with their parents represents a generation of latent demand the market hasn’t absorbed,” Jones said. “Every adult still in a childhood bedroom is a household not formed, a lease unsigned, a starter home unpurchased. The typical first-time buyer is now 40 \u2014 that’s not a coincidence, it’s the math of a market that hasn’t built enough.”<\/p>\n The delay can also have long-term financial consequences<\/a>.<\/p>\n Each year spent living at home can delay a young adult\u2019s ability to build housing equity, Realtor.com noted.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/father-daughter-moving-boxes.jpg\")
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