Pennsylvania
More people are moving out of Pennsylvania than in
Within the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, as distant work grew to become a brand new actuality, Pennsylvania noticed extra residents leaving than folks shifting in.
By the numbers: Greater than 318,000 folks moved out of the Keystone State between January 2021 and February 2022, whereas practically 301,500 moved in, in accordance with information from Moody’s Analytics.
Zoom out: Close by New York, New Jersey and Maryland — the place the price of residing total is increased than Pennsylvania — ranked within the backside 10 states with the bottom web inbound migration charges.
- The highest state for web inbound migration was Montana. Maine ranked fourth, and Delaware sixth.
Between the strains: A 2021 research from shifting firm United Van Traces revealed earlier this yr discovered that roughly 35% of movers left the state for jobs, whereas 28% cited household and 21% retirement as their causes for leaving Pennsylvania.
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