You've probably heard a lot lately about how millennials are living with their parents or how much money you can save with a roommate. (In Denver, it's about $405 a month.)
So for this chart of the week, a look at how Denver is actually living, according to data from the latest American Community Survey.
Overall, most people over the age of 18 are living with a spouse in Denver. The ACS also tracks people living with "other nonrelatives" -- which includes boarders, foster children and roommates. Here, I've shortened it to roommates.
Nationally, the distribution is mostly the same -- most people, 48 percent, are living with a spouse. Even in Seattle, my favorite urban comparison to Denver, almost 40 percent of people are living with a spouse.
But frankly, that breakdown doesn't quite resemble the distribution among people I know. When you break down living arrangement by age groups, the picture for Denver comes better into focus.
For the under-35 set in Denver, living with a parent or other relative is more common than living with a spouse, but only barely. Then it's living with a roommate, followed by living alone.
Over time though, the picture shifts. Living alone became a bigger share, and living with a roommate drops off:
So if you really want a place totally to yourself, just wait until you're 65, I guess.
Methodology notes: Beginning in 2013, unless otherwise specified, “Spouse” and “married couple” includes same-sex married couples. This analysis uses the five year estimates of the American Community Survey from 2011 to 2015.
