50% Increase in Householders Aged 65 to 74

The nation's households are increasingly top heavy. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of households headed by people aged 55 or older grew 28 percent. Households headed by people aged 65 to 74, an age group filling with Boomers, expanded by 50 percent...

Number of households by age of householder, 2010 and 2019 (numbers in 000s)

	2019	2010	percent change
Total households	128,579	117,538	9.4%
Under age 35	26,810	25,490	5.2%
Aged 35 to 54	43,441	46,390	-6.4%
Aged 55 or older	58,328	45,657	27.8%
Aged 55 to 64	24,172	20,387	18.6%
Aged 65 to 74	19,681	13,164	49.5%
Aged 75 or older	14,475	12,106	19.6%

Between 2010 and 2019, the number of households headed by younger adults (under age 35) increased by just 5 percent. Households headed by the middle-aged (35 to 54) fell 6 percent because the small Generation X is in the age group.

Source: Census Bureau, 2019 Current Population Survey