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Percentage of young adults born from 1980 to 1984 who left their parental home before age 27, by selected individual characteristics
Characteristic
Percent who moved out at least once
Total
90.2
Gender
Men
88.0
Women
92.4
Race or ethnic group
White
93.3
Black
85.7
Hispanic or Latino
81.6
Educational attainment at age 27
Less than high school diploma
85.5
GED
91.3
High school diploma
86.8
Some college
89.7
Bachelor's degree or higher
94.1
Young women were more likely to move out than were young men (92 percent compared with 88 percent).
Whites were more likely to move out than Blacks or Hispanics. Over 93 percent of Whites had moved away from home at least once by age 27, compared with 86 percent of Blacks and 82 percent of Hispanic or Latino young adults.
Young adults with more education typically left their parents' homes at higher rates. The exception was young adults with General Educational Development (GED) credentials, who were more likely to move out than were young adults with some college.
For many young adults, moving out was not permanent. Among those who moved out, over half moved back at some point before reaching age 27.
United States Department of Labor
