op-ed

America is becoming a nation of homebodies

Publication Date

March 10, 2025

Author(s)

Brian D. Taylor, Samuel Speroni

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic did spur more Americans to stay home. But this trend didn’t start or end with the pandemic. Research found that Americans were already spending more and more time at home and less and less time engaged in activities away from home stretching all the way back to at least 2003.