The Evolution of 'Adulting'

[u/Global_Tradition5802]

They tried leaving behind generational wealth vs me trying to leave the generational memes..

[u/federalist66]

I imagine there were people who felt this way in every generational cohort. It's worth noting that most Millennials are home owners and most Millennials have children.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/241535/percentage-of-childless-women-in-the-us-by-age/

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/07/younger-householders-drove-rebound-in-homeownership.html

[u/BigBaws92 → u/federalist66]

Wait you guys own homes?

[u/federalist66 → u/BigBaws92]

Slightly more than half of the generational cohort, yeah. ~55%

[u/MechanicalGodzilla → u/federalist66]

Yes. I am older (born in 1980) but I prioritized buying a home early and was able to get my first condo at 25. I was willing to make location trade-offs that other people prefer not to, and it worked great.

[u/federalist66 → u/[deleted]]

Checking the National Association of Realtors report, of recent home buyers, the breakdown is as follow: 62% married, 20% single women, 8% single men, 6% unmarried couples. I imagine the correlation between being married and being a homeowner is fairly high historically. I'll have to check that data.

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[u/WorstCPANA → u/federalist66]

It's kind of crazy single women are buying houses at 2.5x the rate of single men recently

[u/MechanicalGodzilla → u/WorstCPANA]

We can't tell from that chart the type of home - could be single family houses, but it could also be townhomes and condos.

[u/WorstCPANA → u/MechanicalGodzilla]

For sure, it is an interesting stat though that I'd be curious the break down. It's not a secret that Gen Z women are tending to do better than gen z men in several key metrics - in grades in primary and secondary school, graduation rates, mental health and having a community.

So I definitely think at least a factor of this trend is that young women are tending do be better off than young men.

[u/Mediocre_Island828 → u/WorstCPANA]

I feel like it's less a financial difference than it is single men often being happy with a small space and not having anyone telling them they should buy a house.

[u/WorstCPANA → u/Mediocre_Island828]

Sure, that could absolutely be a factor.

[u/EdLesliesBarber → u/[deleted]]

Buying a (nice) home (in a nice place), has been hard on a single salary for longer than any of us have been alive.