Leaving the parental home is the first step towards independence and for this reason a milestone in the transition to adulthood. Changes over time in its timing and the increasing fraction of young adults who return back home have been well documented. However, there is little research investigating the consequences of moving out at different ages. This article addresses this gap in the literature, looking at the association between the age at leaving the parental home and economic and employment outcomes in early thirties. We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97), taking advantage of its longitudinal design and studying young Americans born between 1980 and 1984, who are 27-31 years old in 2011. We find that the higher the age at leaving home the better are the working and especially the economic conditions of individuals between 27 and 31 years of age, albeit with a potential reversal of the effect at later ages.