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Income influenced where Americans moved in 2020

by Andy Uhler
May 11, 2021
Many relocated from larger cities to smaller ones with lower costs of living and less stringent COVID-19 regulations.
For high earners who are able to work remotely, the desire for a different lifestyle may prompt a relocation.
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Number of Americans moving homes hits lowest level in 73 years

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 16, 2020
Migration patterns could change in a work-from-home world brought on by the pandemic.
A pedestrian walks by a building advertising an apartment for rent on Sept. 1, 2020, in San Francisco, California.
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The pandemic is affecting why and where we move

by Amy Scott
Oct 16, 2020
A new Marketplace-Edison Research Poll found the flexibility to work anywhere as a factor.
"Fourteen percent of those that move with us are saying one of the primary reasons was due to COVID,” said Tricia Schuler, marketing director for United Van Lines' parent company UniGroup. Above, a moving crew loads a truck in Manhattan in March.
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How COVID-19 has changed where Americans live

by Kimberly Adams
Jul 7, 2020
Almost a quarter of adults have either moved because of the pandemic or know someone who has.
The biggest share of the movers was young people ages 18 to 29.
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People still leaving California for Texas despite COVID-19 surge

by Andy Uhler
Jun 26, 2020
The reasons for relocation include the lower cost of living, bigger houses for less money and more conservative politics.
Demonstrators call for the reopening of Texas at the state Capitol in April. Politics is one reason some Californians relocate to Texas.
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Why are Americans moving less and less?

by Amy Scott
Nov 22, 2019
Census numbers show lowest the mobility rate on record.
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The best way to find a job might be to move

by Kai Ryssdal and Emily Henderson
Aug 4, 2017
A Washington Post writer explains why job seekers are staying rooted in their communities.
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College grads are moving out-of-state for work

by Jessica Jardine
Mar 31, 2016
Not even expensive housing can stop the flow of newly-minted graduates.
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The economics of moving for a job

by Jenny Ament
Jun 12, 2015
What would it take for you to leave your current life?
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Fewer Americans are moving. Why?

by Raghu Manavalan
Oct 10, 2014
Where do you live? Why do you live there?
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