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2017 housing Trends

DISTRIBUTION OF EXTENDED FAMILIES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY
The study points out that extended families
occur across di erent income groups and In the metropolitan statistical areas with the largest presence of

can take a variety of forms. Many come from extended families
cultural backgrounds in which home-sharing

is the norm, especially during the immigration Non-Hispanic white
Black Latino
Asian/Paci c Islander
Other
process, and others arise out of emergency

situations, taking care of an older relative, or Atlanta

needing childcare assistance.
Chicago
Furthermore, the study notes that as life

expectancy continues to rise, many seniors Dallas
fear they might outlive their savings and opt
Houston
for living with relatives. Similarly, with divorce
Los Angeles
rates increasing, new extended family house-
holds are formed as the result of remarriages Miami

and stepchildren. Another factor for the up- New York
tick in extended families is the ability to pool

resources to a ord a larger or be er quality Philadelphia

home or neighborhood.
Riverside-
According to the research compiled by San Bernardino

Michela Zonta, the housing needs of the Washington, D.C
increasing number of extended families are

not being fully met by the current housing 0%
20% 40%
60%
80% 100%

market. She reports that developers are de-
voting more a ention to this demographic SOURCE: ZONTA’S CALCULATIONS BASED ON 2012, 2013, AND 2014 DATA FROM STEVEN RUGGLES AND
OTHERS, “INTEGRATED PUBLIC USE MICRODATASERIES: VERSION 6.0” (MINNEAPOLIS: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 2015), AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://USA.IPUMS.ORG/USA/INDEX.SHTML.
and several (Lennar, Maracay Homes, Stan-
dard Paci c Homes, and Franciscus Homes)

are constructing housing to meet the needs

of extended and multigenerational families by GROWTH OF POPULATION BY FAMILY TYPE, FROM 2001 TO 2014
providing amenities such as multiple separate

entries; a separate laundry and kitchene e; a
direct-entry private full bath; and a separate n Total population n Single-parent family n Extended family
n Nuclear family
n Grandfamily
n Married couple
living room and master bedroom. 

150

140

130

120

110

100

90

80
2001 2003
2005 2007 2009
2011 2013

SOURCE: ZONTA’S CALCULATIONS BASED ON DATA FROM STEVEN RUGGLES AND OTHERS, “INTEGRATED
PUBLIC USE MICRODATA SERIES: VERSION 6.0” (MINNEAPOLIS: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 2015),
AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://USA.IPUMS.ORG/USA/INDEX.SHTML.

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