New York a Top Location for Leaving: Moving Company

By FEROZE DHANOA (Patch National Staff)

New York is one of the top states where people are leaving and heading elsewhere, according to findings from United Moving Company.

The movers annually review where customers packed up and left from, and where they are heading, to assess market trends.

During 2015, New York was among the top 5 states where people were leaving, the survey says. In fact, it was No. 2, second only to New Jersey and followed closely by Connecticut. What is it about the NYC Metro Area?

This is the 39th year the company has surveyed its customers to see where they were moving, and it recently began asking why.

“This year’s data reflects longer-term trends of people moving to the Pacific West, where cities such as Portland and Seattle are seeing the combination of a boom in the technology and creative marketing industry, as well as a growing ‘want’ for outdoor activity and green space,” Michael Stoll, economist, professor and chair of the Department of Public Policy at the UCLA, said in a statement with the survey findings.

“The aging Boomer population is driving relocation from the Northeast and Midwest to the West and South, as more and more people retire to warmer regions,” Stoll said.

Here are the states with the most people moving out, according to United:

1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. Illinois
4. Connecticut
5. Ohio
6. Kansas
7. Massachusetts
8. West Virginia
9. Mississippi
10. Maryland

These were the top spots people were moving to, according to the survey:

1. Oregon
2. South Carolina
3. Vermont
4. Idaho
5. North Carolina
6. Florida
7. Nevada
8. District of Columbia
9. Texas
10. Washington

The trend over the last year was for people to head west, United reported.

MAP: By NordNordWest, via Wikimedia Commons