Moving home after college can be stressful...but it doesn't have to be. Molly Canfield shares some tips on moving back in with your long-time roommates.

1. Moving Home
After College
Molly Canfield
December 3, 2013

2. So You Have to Move Home…
• Moving back home might not be the ideal
post-graduate living situation
• But there are many logical reasons to move
back home
• It may seem like the end of the world but it’s
not an unusual trend
• It’s actually becoming a very common
situation

3. Pew Research Center
• A 2012 Pew Research Center study shows that
36% of young adults ages 18-31 in the United
States are now living with their parents
• That’s 21.6 million young adults

4. Common Trend
• There is a 4% increase in adults living at home
from 2007
• 36% of adults ages 18 to 31 are living at home
with their parents
• Another 7% living with other family members,
such as extended family or siblings

5. Living Arrangements for Adults ages 18 to 31
Represented in Percentages

6. Millennials Living at Home in 2012
• 56% of adults ages 18 to 24 live with their
parents
• 16% of adults ages 25 to 31 live with their
parents

7. • 61% of adults who live at home have
attended college
• 40% have not attended college

8. Tips for Moving Home
• You might fall within the 36% of young adults
that have to move home
• But don’t fret, here are some tips tell help you
keep your sanity!

9. Tip #1- Set Reasonable Expectations
• Talk with your family about household
expectations
• Understand and accept that your lifestyle is
going to change
• You might not be able to have friends over all
the time or stay out as late as you want
• You and your family will have to learn to
adjust and compromise with the new living
arrangement

10. Tip #2- Set a Time Frame
• Talk to your parents about the length of your
stay
• You may move home only for a few months
before you go to graduate school or start a job
you have lined up
• You may move home indefinitely until you
save money to move out or find a job

11. Tip #3- Stay Focused
• Do not put your life on hold because you are
living at home
• Keep working towards personal and career
goals
• Continuing learning and trying new things by
starting new hobbies, volunteering, taking
classes, or finding a job or internship

12. Tip #4- Discuss Finance
• Talk with your family about financial
expectations
• Will you be contributing money to rent,
groceries, household items, internet, and
other types of bills?
• Will your parents be giving you money for
living?

13. Tip #5- Have Fun
• Living at home after college may seem like a
nightmare but a lot has changed over the last
four years. You’re an educated adult now not a
rebellious high school kid
• Appreciate the time you have with your family
and take time to find a good job or graduate
program for you

14. Resources
• Pew Research Center – Social and
Demographic trends
• http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/08/01/a-risingshare-of-young-adults-live-in-their-parents-home/
*The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank
that conducts research to inform the public of trends
and issues