By Paul Hemez, Clayton Buck, and Lydia Anderson
About 39% of U.S. family households this year included the householder’s children under 18, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
An interactive data visualization, “Family Households by Age of Householder: 2024,” uses data from the 2024 Current Population Survey to compare characteristics of family households – such as presence of children, family size, family members under 18 and homeownership – by the age of the householder.
Highlights
- Children of the householder (of any age) were most common in family households where the householder was 40 to 44 years old (84%).
- Less than 10% of all family households included children under age 3.
- Just over half (52%) of all family households had three or more family members.
- About 57% of family households did not have any family members under age 18, while 19% had one member, 16% two members, and 9% three or more members under 18.
- Homeownership was more common among older householders. About 37% of householders under age 25 owned their home compared to nearly 90% of those age 65 or older.
The Census Bureau also published 2024 estimates in historical tables on a variety of topics, including the living arrangements of adults and children, marital status, households and families.
More data visualizations on families and living arrangements are available:
- Families and Living ArrangementsParents’ Living ArrangementsNovember 14, 2023Parents who live with their children under 18 by sex and age of children from 2007 to 2023.
- ChildrenChildren’s Living ArrangementsNovember 14, 2023Children under 18 years and marital status of parents by age of the child from 2007 to 2023.
- Families and HouseholdsFamily Groups: 2023November 14, 2023This visualization presents estimates for family groups in the United States by race/ethnicity.
- Families and HouseholdsParent/Child Family Groups With Children Under 18 November 14, 2023This visualization filters by race/ethnicity and family type for family groups.
Paul Hemez, Clayton Buck, and Lydia Anderson are survey statisticians in the Census Bureau’s Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division.
