A new study found that Baby Boomers moved more than any other age group last year. According to United Van Lines' annual study, Boomers accounted for more than 45% of all the company’s in-bound moves in 2019.
“Key factors like the Baby Boomer generation re-locating upon reaching retirement age as well as states’ economic performances and housing costs drove these 2019 moving patterns,” said Michael A. Stoll, economist and professor in the Department of Public Policy at UCLA. “United Van Lines’ study encompasses data consistent with the broader migration trends to western and southern regions that we’ve been seeing for several years now,” Stoll continued.
So what states are people moving to most? According the study, these are the Top 10:
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Arizona
- South Carolina
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- Florida
- South Dakota
- North Carolina
- New Mexico