About 39% of U.S. family households this year included the householder’s children under 18, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. [US Census Bureau]

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. 

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