A new data set released this week by the U.S. Census is helpful for determining patterns of migration during the recession-troubled years of 2008-2012.
Jed Kolko crunched the data from a recent release of data from the Census that quantifies how many people moved between counties in the U.S. from 2008 to 2012. Kolko and the team at Trulia analyzed the data "at both the county and metro level, combining it with data on home prices, unemployment, density, and distance." After their analysis, Kolko shares three themes evident from the data:
- Most Moves are Short-Distance. "Nearly half – 49% — of between-county moves are less than 100 miles…"
- Top Moves Favor the Suburbs and the Sunbelt
- People Move Toward Lower Density, More Jobs, and Cheaper Housing
The article includes a lot more detail about each of these themes.
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