Americans have become relocation lazy (employment, income, statistics)
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In 2021 American relocation numbers amounted to a wimpy 8.4% of all Americans, the lowest since the Census Bureau began tracking such information back in 1948. When did Americans become so lazy, and what has become of the pioneer spirit of striking out to the unknown for a chance at something better?
There was a fairly big event still happening in 2021, that probably made moving less desirable than ever. We will see if housing inflation and income stagnation continues this.
In 2021 American relocation numbers amounted to a wimpy 8.4% of all Americans, the lowest since the Census Bureau began tracking such information back in 1948. When did Americans become so lazy, and what has become of the pioneer spirit of striking out to the unknown for a chance at something better?
"The percentage of people who changed residences between 2010 and 2011 ─ 11.6 percent ─ was the lowest recorded rate since the Current Population Survey began collecting statistics on the movement of people in the United States in 1948, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. The rate, which was 20.2 percent in 1985, declined to a then-record low of 11.9 percent in 2008 before rising to 12.5 percent in 2009. The 2010 rate was not statistically different than the 2009 rate."
I thought migration was up because of COVID, at least in 2020. Maybe overhyped by news outlets.
Americans moving less is a long-term trend. I'd guess that the main causes are:
- adults starting their careers (late teens-30s) --- who often move to do so --- being a smaller percentage of the population as the nation ages
- the shift in employment away from region-dependent jobs (agriculture, mining, shipping etc) toward service and white-collar jobs that can be done anywhere
- higher COL relative to wages, so parents have less of an expectation that their kids will move out to seek their fortune
- once-affordable locations (namely the West Coast but more recently the Southwest and South) becoming less so, and therefore less of a draw
Seems to be a positive development in my mind. More stability is good.
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