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Post-Pandemic Rise: Pew Flags California Cities' Young Co-Residence

7/29/2026

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Pew Center finds Vallejo, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, El Centro and Brownsville-Harlingen have top 25-34 co-residence rates.
SHED study reports a post-pandemic rise in adults under 30 living at home.
Census data show 25-34 co-residence fell from 20.4 % men and 13.1 % women in 2019 to 19.2 % men and 13.6 % women in 2025.
Pew analysis and Urban Institute with Treasury Department find rent levels mildly correlate with co-residence while demographics exert larger influence.

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Pew Center finds Vallejo, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, El Centro and Brownsville-Harlingen have top 25-34 co-residence rates.
SHED study reports a post-pandemic rise in adults under 30 living at home.
Census data show 25-34 co-residence fell from 20.4 % men and 13.1 % women in 2019 to 19.2 % men and 13.6 % women in 2025.
Pew analysis and Urban Institute with Treasury Department find rent levels mildly correlate with co-residence while demographics exert larger influence.