- More U.S. households are headed by renters than at any point since at least 1965.
- However, the top renter regret is not buying.
- There are more renters than at any time since 1965. Thursday, 20 Jul 2017 | 3:43 PM ET | 00:41
More people are renting than at any other point in the past 50 years.
In 2016, 36.6 percent of household heads rented their home, close to the 1965 number of 37 percent, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center based on data from the Census Bureau. Each month, the Census Bureau surveys a nationally representative sample of households.
