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The United Van Lines 2017 National Movers Survey shows that Americans are fleeing states like Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and heading for places like Vermont, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada. The survey has been using household moves by United Van Lines has been conducted since 1977 as a way to gauge the amount of inbound and outbound traffic to each state. United Van Lines wrote in their analysis of the results:
As a region, the Mountain West continues to increase in popularity with 54 percent of moves being inbound. The West is represented on the high-inbound list by Oregon (65 percent), Idaho (63 percent), Nevada (61 percent) Washington (59 percent), and Colorado (56 percent). Of moves to Oregon, the highest ranking western state, a new job or company transfer (49 percent) and proximity to family (24 percent) led the reasons for most inbound moves.
The southern states also saw a high number of people moving in with 52 percent of total moves being inbound. United Van Lines found the top reasons for moving south included company transfer/new job, retirement and proximity to family.
The Northeast continues to experience a moving deficit with New Jersey (63 percent outbound), New York (61 percent) and Connecticut (57 percent) making the list of top outbound states for the third consecutive year. Massachusetts (56 percent) also joined the top outbound list this year.
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