Well, well, well…. Here’s an interesting statistic! More people moved to VT in 2017 than any other state in the nation!

According to this article by the United Van Lines’ 41st Annual National Movers Study, most of the moves were westbound with the number 1 exception. Vermont. This study examines state to state moves throughout each year, so let’s take a look at who made the list of most moves inbound as well as most moves outbound, shall we?

68 percent of the moves to and from the Green Mountain State in 2017 were incoming.

Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM

Vermont is number one, but who else had a lot of new residents?

Flickr/Zdenek Svoboda The top inbound states of 2017 were:

  1. Vermont
  2. Oregon
  3. Idaho
  4. Nevada
  5. South Dakota
  6. Washington
  7. South Carolina
  8. North Carolina
  9. Colorado
  10. Alabama

So what draws people to move to these top ten inbound states?

Flickr/Nicholas Erwin According to Michael Stoll, economist and professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles:

“This year’s data reflects longer-term trends of movement to the western and southern states, especially to those where housing costs are relatively lower, climates are more temperate and job growth has been at or above the national average, among other factors.”

Wait, what?

Flickr/Archie Campbell

Well, one thing is for sure: it’s absolutely beautiful here!

Flickr/Scott McCracken

While more people are moving to Vermont, it seems that the trend elsewhere in the northeast is quite the opposite.

Flickr/Jackie New Jersey, New York and Connecticut have all made the list of top outbound states for the third consecutive year. Newly on the list this year is Massachusetts.

Illinois tops the list for outbound moves in 2017 and has been on the top ten outbound moves for the past nine years.

Flickr/Roman Boed The top outbound states for 2017 were:

  1. Illinois
  2. New Jersey
  3. New York
  4. Connecticut
  5. Kansas
  6. Massachusetts
  7. Ohio
  8. Kentucky
  9. Utah
  10. Wisconsin

For those of you who moved to Vermont, we can’t say we blame you.

Flickr/Nicholas Erwin It’s the most incredible place in the world!

What do you think about the fact that more people moved to VT than any other state last year? If you’re one of the newbies, here are 23 things you may not expect when moving to Vermont.

Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM

Flickr/Zdenek Svoboda

The top inbound states of 2017 were:

  1. Vermont
  2. Oregon
  3. Idaho
  4. Nevada
  5. South Dakota
  6. Washington
  7. South Carolina
  8. North Carolina
  9. Colorado
  10. Alabama

Flickr/Nicholas Erwin

According to Michael Stoll, economist and professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles:

“This year’s data reflects longer-term trends of movement to the western and southern states, especially to those where housing costs are relatively lower, climates are more temperate and job growth has been at or above the national average, among other factors.”

Flickr/Archie Campbell

Flickr/Scott McCracken

Flickr/Jackie

New Jersey, New York and Connecticut have all made the list of top outbound states for the third consecutive year. Newly on the list this year is Massachusetts.

Flickr/Roman Boed

The top outbound states for 2017 were:

  1. Illinois
  2. New Jersey
  3. New York
  4. Connecticut
  5. Kansas
  6. Massachusetts
  7. Ohio
  8. Kentucky
  9. Utah
  10. Wisconsin

It’s the most incredible place in the world!

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