Significant drop in share of young adults achieving four milestones: moving out of parental home, marriage, work and having kids.





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Most Young Adults Had Not Reached Key Milestones of Adulthood in 2024

Moving out of the parental home, getting a job, tying the knot and having kids used to be the most common pathway to adulthood, with almost half of 25- to 34-year-olds having experienced all four milestones in 1975.

Nearly 50 years later, less than a quarter of U.S. adults this age had done the same.

A newly released U.S. Census Bureau working paper explores changes in the shares of young adults who reached markers of adulthood.

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Using 2005 and 2023 American Community Survey data, the paper examines societal and economic shifts — including higher education levels, more women in the workplace, higher living costs and more varied family structures — that may explain why fewer young adults are meeting these benchmarks.

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