The New Oregon Trail, circa. 2006
If you hadn’t noticed, people from out of state are moving here in droves….that is, if ‘droves’ means moving vans.
Oregon leads the nation in percentage of inbound interstate moves in a study conducted by United Van Lines.
In the 29th annual ‘migration’ study by the moving company, Oregon had the highest ratio of inbound moves in the country at 63.6%. This was the 18th year of inbound migration of 55% or more for the state.
The study tracked 226,353 interstate household moves in 2005 within the 48 contiguous states, plus D.C. The mountain west (Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, etc.) and the southeastern U.S. (the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc.) had the highest influx of new arrivals (blue states), while states such as Michigan, New York, New Jersey, and California saw some of the highest ratios of outbound moves (yellow states).
| High Inbound States (blue) | |
| Oregon |
63.6%
|
| Idaho |
61.9%
|
| Washington, DC |
61.4%
|
| North Carolina |
61.3%
|
| Nevada |
60.1%
|
| Arizona |
60.1%
|
| South Carolina |
59.0%
|
| Alabama |
58.9%
|
| Tennessee |
58.0%
|
| Kentucky |
55.3%
|
| High Outbound States (yellow) | |
| North Dakota |
67.8%
|
| Michigan |
63.9%
|
| New Jersey |
60.4%
|
| Indiana |
59.9%
|
| New York |
59.8%
|
| Illinois |
58.4%
|
| Louisiana |
57.9%
|
| Rhode Island |
57.0%
|
| Pennsylvania |
56.0%
|
| California |
55.7%
|
It’s just another indicator of strong real estate prospects in the area.
Full release at United Van Lines. Additional reporting by The New York Times and the Portland Business Journal.
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2 comments January 6th, 2006
