Monday, February 24, 2014

Mobility Rate by Generation

Only 5.9 percent of baby boomers moved between March 2012 and March 2013, according to a Demo Memo analysis of the Census Bureau's geographic mobility data. Mobility rates peak among young adults and fall with age. Here are the 2012-13 mobility rates by generation...

iGeneration (aged 1 to 18): 13.1%
Millennials (aged 19 to 36): 20.4%
Generation X (aged 37 to 48): 10.6%
Baby Boomers (aged 49 to 67): 5.9%
Older Americans (aged 68-plus): 3.5%

Among the nation's 74 million boomers, only 4 million moved between 2012 and 2013. Among the movers, 61 percent remained in the same county. Only 15 percent crossed a state line.

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