{"id":16582,"date":"2013-07-23T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T16:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=16582"},"modified":"2020-10-06T17:08:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T00:08:38","slug":"single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you read the latest buzz about the rise in single female homeowners in America, what kind of woman did you picture? If you said \u201csuccessful, educated twenty-something,\u201d you would be wrong. As it turns out, she isn\u2019t even close to 20. She is over 65. Moreover, homeownership among single women is no recent feat; single women have outnumbered single men in homeownership every single year since 1982, the earliest date of available U.S. Census data. Poof. There goes your stereotype.<br \/>\nFor the full report, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ellen-haberle\/female-homeownership_b_3637181.html\">Huffington Post<\/a>. For more information about Single, Successful Women, see Redfin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/top-cities-for-successful-single-women.html\">Top Cities for Successful, Educated, Single Women<\/a> in the Redfin Research Center. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you read the latest buzz about the rise in single female homeowners in America, what kind of woman did you picture?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13183,"featured_media":16616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-16582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-housing-market-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership - Redfin Real Estate News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When you read the latest buzz about the rise in single female homeowners in America, what kind of woman did you picture?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Redfin Real Estate News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-23T16:29:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-07T00:08:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"494\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"327\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen Haberle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@redfin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@redfin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ellen Haberle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ellen Haberle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba861b3b662786670138fd54a1700f78\"},\"headline\":\"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-23T16:29:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-07T00:08:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":117,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Housing Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2013\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/\",\"name\":\"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership - Redfin Real Estate News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-23T16:29:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-07T00:08:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg\",\"width\":494,\"height\":327},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Redfin Real Estate News\",\"description\":\"The latest real estate news and research from technology-powered residential real estate company, Redfin.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Redfin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Redfin-News-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Redfin-News-Logo.png\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":235,\"caption\":\"Redfin\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/redfinrealestate\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/redfin\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Redfin\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba861b3b662786670138fd54a1700f78\",\"name\":\"Ellen Haberle\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Redfin-2025-Logo-B-150x150.jpgb98d1f204d143aab6d4240c534a1657e\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Redfin-2025-Logo-B-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Redfin-2025-Logo-B-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Ellen Haberle\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/author\\\/ellen-haberleredfin-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership - Redfin Real Estate News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership","og_description":"When you read the latest buzz about the rise in single female homeowners in America, what kind of woman did you picture?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/","og_site_name":"Redfin Real Estate News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin","article_published_time":"2013-07-23T16:29:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-07T00:08:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":494,"height":327,"url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ellen Haberle","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@redfin","twitter_site":"@redfin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ellen Haberle","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/"},"author":{"name":"Ellen Haberle","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ba861b3b662786670138fd54a1700f78"},"headline":"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership","datePublished":"2013-07-23T16:29:35+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-07T00:08:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/"},"wordCount":117,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg","articleSection":["Housing Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2013","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/","name":"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership - Redfin Real Estate News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg","datePublished":"2013-07-23T16:29:35+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-07T00:08:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/redfin-sign-woman.jpg","width":494,"height":327},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/single-females-leaning-into-homeownershi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Single Females in America: Leaning Into Homeownership"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/","name":"Redfin Real Estate News","description":"The latest real estate news and research from technology-powered residential real estate company, Redfin.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Redfin","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Redfin-News-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Redfin-News-Logo.png","width":1100,"height":235,"caption":"Redfin"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin","https:\/\/x.com\/redfin","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/redfinrealestate\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/redfin","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/redfin\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Redfin"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ba861b3b662786670138fd54a1700f78","name":"Ellen Haberle","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Redfin-2025-Logo-B-150x150.jpgb98d1f204d143aab6d4240c534a1657e","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Redfin-2025-Logo-B-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Redfin-2025-Logo-B-150x150.jpg","caption":"Ellen Haberle"},"url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/ellen-haberleredfin-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16582"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}