Why Where You Live Could Make Or Break Your Marriage

When you’re trying to find a spouse, it’s helpful to know where marriages are actually occurring. This is why the Institute for Family Studies, where I do research, revealed the locations where single young adults are particularly likely, or unlikely, to get married in a given year. Once a couple does get married, they face an equally important question: What is the best place to settle down and raise a family?

For many young adults, the answer (and rightly so) will be where their own parents and in-laws live. Having relatives nearby makes raising kids much easier. However, another factor worth considering is the share of married couples in a given area — in other words, whether married couples are common or uncommon in a particular location.