More Americans are finding themselves living alone, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau which revealed that 1 in 10 young adults between the ages of 18 and 34 were living alone in 2022. The report found that of those living together, nearly 43 percent of women and 34 percent of men in this age cohort lived with a spouse. 

Meanwhile, 17 percent of men and women lived with an unmarried partner in 2022 while 47 percent of U.S. households were married-couple households, down from 71 percent in 1970.

More than half of adult men and women in that age group lived in a parental home. This figure includes college dorms. In 1960, 52 percent of 18- to 24-year-old men were living in their parents’ home, compared to 57 percent in 2024. Meanwhile, in 1960, 35 percent of women still lived at home compared with 55 percent today.  

Experts believe the rise in the number of women living at home is due to an increase in women enrolled in college and marrying later in life.

In 1960, the number of men living at home, between the ages of 25 and 34 years, was 11 percent, compared with 19 percent today. For women, this figure nearly doubles, with 7 percent living with their parents in 1960 compared with 12 percent today. 

Among older adults, approximately 27 percent of women 65 to 74 years and 43 percent of those age 75 or older lived alone. Of those 75 years and older, 67 percent of men were nearly twice as likely to live with a spouse. This fell to 35 percent among women, demonstrating the longer life expectancy of women, according to the report.    

The report found that family dynamics continue to shift as new living trends emerge. In 2022, less than two-thirds of all family groups with children under age 18 were maintained by married parents.

Approximately 74 percent of mothers and 91 percent of fathers with a child in the household were also living with their child’s other parent in 2022.