Economic Pressure Makes Boomerang Living a New Normal, Annual Thrivent Survey Finds

Thrivent’s 2026 survey found that nearly half of parents with adult children returning home report financial strain, with 43% willing to cut personal spending to support their children and many seeing impacts to savings, retirement and long-term planning.

This normalization of multigenerational living highlights how economic pressure is reshaping household spending and financial priorities, creating implications for housing, financial services, insurance and home-related categories that intersect with shared living arrangements and delayed independence.