Pew reports, the 2010s will likely be the first decade in at least 160 years to see an increase in the average number of people living in US households.
This is in part because of the rising number of Americans living in multigenerational households.
In 2016, a record 64 million people, or 20% of the US population, lived with multiple generations under one roof, even with improvements in the US economy since the Great Recession.
Multi-generational US households are happening
