Gen Z actively planning a home purchase U.S. 2022

After Millennials, Gen Z, or the adults born between 1997 and 2003, are next in line to enter the housing market in the United States. According to a survey conducted among over 15,000 respondents in the U.S., approximately 47 percent of Gen Zers who were planning to purchase a home in the next 12 months were also actively looking for one as of June 2022. In comparison, in the second quarter of 2021, this percentage was much higher at 64 percent. During the same period, roughly 18 percent of U.S. adults were planning a home purchase in the next year.

Share of Gen Z actively planning a home purchase in the next 12 months compared to all adults in the United States from 4th quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2022

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

September 2019 to June 2022

Number of respondents

15,472*

Method of interview

Online survey

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* The source adds the following information: "polls are based on a national sample of adults selected to proportionately represent the US adult population in terms of age, gender, region, race/ethnicity, and education. Further weights are applied to the final set of respondents to ensure proper representation across these demographic variables."

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