USA Facts - The average square footage of a new single-family home in the US is now 20% larger than in 1990. Yet, households have fewer people in them, with family sizes shrinking to the smallest they’ve been in eight decades. USAFacts analyzed these two trends for insight into how Americans use their houses.
The average American household size in 2022 was 2.5 people, down from 3.7 people in 1940. The longest stretch of decline was during the 1970s.
The number of housing units nationwide grew 22.8% from 115.6 million in 1997 to 141.9 million in 2021.
Household composition is also changing. More people in their 20s and 30s live with their parents. In 2000, 4 million people ages 25–34 lived with their parents. By 2021, 7.68 million did, an increase of 87.4%.
More people are using their homes as their workplace. By the
end of 2021, 27.6 million people nationwide worked from home. That’s
more than triple the number of people working from home in 2019 and the
most since recording began in 2005. More data
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