Millennials are not straying far from home
For White, Latino, Black adults moving out, L.A. ranks among the popular destinations across the U.S.
Growing up in midsized Virginia Beach, Virginia, Andrew Waldholtz wanted to live in a big city, so he moved to the District of Columbia for college. After four years in the comparatively expensive city, he realized he wanted a place to live that was more affordable.
Waldholtz, 35, eventually found a happy compromise in St. Louis, whose Midwestern affordability and opportunities to build his career in corporate compliance had the added bonus that his sister and brother-inlaw lived there.
Now living 940 miles away from Virginia Beach, Waldholtz is in a distinct minority among others who reached adulthood in the 21st century in that he resides half a continent away from where he grew up, according to a new study by U.S. Census Bureau and Harvard University researchers released Monday.
The study found that by age 26 more than two-thirds of young adults in the U.S. lived in the same area where they grew up, 80%
A hiring sign is placed at a booth for prospective employers during a job fair in 2021in the West Hollywood section of L.A.
had moved less than 100 miles away and 90% resided less than 500 miles away.
Migration distances were shorter for Black and Latino individuals, compared with White and Asian young adults, and the children of higher-income parents traveled farther away from their hometowns than those of less wealthy parents, according to the study.
“For many individuals, the ‘radius of economic opportunity’ is quite narrow,” the report said.
Young adulthood is a period in life when migration is highest in the U.S. The study looked at the likelihood of people born primarily from 1984 to 1992 moving away from the commuting zone they grew up in. Commuting zones are made up of one or more counties that reflect a local labor market, and there are more than 700 commuting zones in the U.S. The birth range in the study overlaps the generation typically referred to as millennials.
It turns out that the most common destinations for young adults were concentrated near where they grew up, said the study which used decennial census, survey and tax data.
For instance, three-quarters of people who grew up in the Chicago area stayed there. Rockford was the top destination for people who moved away and stayed in Illinois but only represented less than 1% of the young adults from Chicago. Los Angeles was the top destination for those who
NOMINATION PERIOD WANING
The ninth annual Top Workplaces program is winding down its nomination period for Inland Empire companies and organizations.
Companies have until Friday to submit nominations.
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