The infographic below is from Atlas Van Lines, which released its 20th annual migration patterns study for the US, based on 77,308 interstate and cross-border household relocations in 2013 that help identify trends in nationwide migration.
Note that oil-rich North Dakota had the highest rate of inbound moves in 2013 for any state at 67%, followed by oil-rich Texas as the state with the third highest rate of inbound moves at 58%.
In an economy where there are three unemployed people for every job, it would make sense that people would go to where the jobs might be.
@cgregory
> where there are three unemployed people for every job, it would make sense that people would go to where the jobs might be.
…Not if they’re claiming to be “unemployed” in order to qualify to receive the bribes. People respond to incentives.
The surprises to me are strong inbound Oregon and New Brunswick, with overall negative Canada.
Anecdotally, lots of people from New York seem to be pulling off I-95 into the Carolinas rather than the traditional Florida destination.
Oregon is just like Kulifornia, but cheaper. Having said that, I wish I’d studied public administration instead of engineering. I might’ve graduated and got a good useless government job.
Ian, there is hope for you at the FDA, with a little re-training:
“FDA Seeking Chewing Gum Tester”
On the basis of these graphs, you wouldn’t want to own property in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio or Indiana, would you?
I was also wondering about property prices in those states you mentioned…
Still it seems that NYC can demand and get serious money even for an apartment…
From BuzzFeed dated Oct. 2013: New York’s Most Expensive Apartment Is Worth More Than Most Private Islands
And at $130 million, it is currently the most expensive apartment on the market in all of New York
Do you think some of the government regulations in NYC just might be propping up the value of properties and the cost of renting? Those would include:
1. rent control on hundreds of thousands of apartments;
2. building density limits on certain parts of Manhattan;
3. very high property taxes (which gets passed on to renters);
4. very high construction costs, the result of inspection bureaucracy and union power;
5. affordable housing tax abatements (subsidies which simply raise the cost of housing for non-subsidized owners and renters);
6. minimum parking requirements in upper Manhattan, often higher than would be demanded by tenants.
It is true that the geography of Manhattan – surrounded by water barriers on three sides – has limited the supply of housing to a certain extent. But do not for a minute discount the impact of government interference in free markets.
juandos: ” it seems that NYC can demand and get serious money even for an apartment…”
Two reasons: limited supply of land and government interference in free markets.
Manhattan is surrounded on three sides by water barriers, and transit times across those barriers does make Manhattan more attractive.
Rent controls on hundreds of thousands of apartments drive up the rents on non-controlled apartments. This makes both rental property and ownership more expensive.
Some desirable parts of Manhattan have building density limits.
Inspection bureaucracies and government-aided union power drive construction costs way above the national average.
Upper Manhattan enforces minimum parking space requirements for new construction which is above the levels demanded by prospective tenants.
“Two reasons: limited supply of land and government interference in free markets“…
Yeah john, that whole rent control scam has been around for a very long time…
I never could understand why people in NYC let that idiotic bit of marxism go on year after year…
People are net inbound to NYC. It’s the rest of the state that’s being evacuated.
“People are net inbound to NYC. It’s the rest of the state that’s being evacuated“…
Really? Now that strikes me as bizzare at the very least…
I’m not doubting what you’re saying but there are vast swatches of New York state that are a lot prettier places to live than NYC…
But those stretches don’t have jobs. Consider that a lot of upstate NY is hurting with the demise of its major industries. For example Kodak.
Here is a link to an article on New York State north of the NYC metro area and how it is shrinking:
http://news.yahoo.com/upstate-ny-struggles-more-leave-move-084237601.html. Note that only 10 of the 53 counties in upstate New York are growing. (The article cites job opportunities as well as the weather).
People don’t seem to be putting much stock in global warming.
Heh! Good point.
Just as a matter of interest, what would be the biggest movement from one particular state to another particular state? For instance would the biggest be from California to Oregon or maybe from Pennsylvania to D.C. They would have that information.
IRS 2009-10 migration stats.
The largest state to state inflows NY—>NJ….25,624 tax units; CA—>TX and NY—>FL not far behind
The largest state to state outflows NJ—>NY….20,872 tax units; FL—>GA and TX—>CA not far behind