A whole lot of moving going on

Whether moving for a new job, a better life, retirement or simply a change of scenery, Americans are doing a lot of moving around. Where are they all going? That’s a question that can be answered each year by United Van Lines’ Migration Study. This annual report tracks the states the company’s customers are moving to and from over the course of each year.

Whether it’s for a job or quality of life, these are places where individuals and families nationwide are moving. According to the moving company, these were the top 10 states where more of the moves were for people moving in than out last year:

• Vermont, 72.6 percent of moves were inbound
• Oregon, 62.4 percent inbound
• Idaho, 62.4 percent inbound
• Nevada, 61.8 percent inbound
• Arizona, 60.2 percent inbound
• South Carolina, 59.9 percent inbound
• Washington, 58.8 percent inbound
• North Carolina, 57 percent inbound
• South Dakota, 57 percent inbound
• Washington D.C., 56.7 percent inbound

Markets ‘in balance,’ meaning there were about the same number of people moving in as moving out, included states such as Arkansas and Mississippi. The survey included people moving for employment as well as retirees.

Eastern and Midwestern states dominate the list of those states where more people moved away than moved in. These are the states where more people moved away:

• New Jersey, 66.8 percent of moves were outbound
• Illinois, 65.9 percent outbound
• Connecticut, 62 percent outbound
• New York, 61.5 percent outbound
• Kansas, 58.7 percent outbound
• Ohio, 56.5 percent outbound
• Massachusetts, 55.7 percent outbound
• Iowa, 55.5 percent outbound
• Montana, 55 percent
• Michigan, 55 percent

The survey found that about half of every move was job-related; the person or family moving had a new job or a job transfer. Those moving to the Mountain West also cited retirement (28.1 percent), proximity to family (20.8 percent) and lifestyle change (19.4 percent). Idaho had the largest percentage of people moving in in search of a lifestyle change, 25.95 percent. Retirees flocked to New Mexico, with 42.74 percent of those moving in citing retirement as their reason.

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