This paper is part of a larger study that focuses on how today's community college students are paying for their education. Analysis of the data collected for this study shows that students who cohabit display distinctly different characteristics than single, divorced and married students. These include such things as being more likely to have no immediate family with a college degree, and being more likely to work more than 20 hours per week while studying than other unmarried students. This paper brings the particular difficulties with funding and academics faced by cohabiting students at a large urban community college in the south into sharper focus by contrasting their situations with married, divorced, and single students. (Contains 4 tables)