Trendsetting baby boomers continue to influence N.J.’s real estate market

If you sat in the back of the station wagon while dad took the family for a Sunday drive; grooved to the sounds of the British Invasion, Woodstock and Saturday Night Fever; and have been called a hippie or a yuppie, then there’s a good chance you’re a baby boomer.

This trendsetting generation, born between 1946 and 1964, reigned for decades as the largest bubble in the U.S. population until they were supplanted by their children, also known as Generation “Y.” The Census Bureau numbers put baby boomers at a population of about 73 million. By 2030, all baby boomers will be age 65 or older.