![The decline of adult homeownership in California](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021_01_FastFact-1024x717.jpg)
Using Census data, BIFYA estimates that essentially all age groups between 21 and 65 are less likely to own a home in 2019 than in 1980. The trend is most pronounced for householders in their 30’s, who have seen a 16.4 to 21.5 percentage point drop in homeownership rates between 1980 and 2019.