Migration Numbers Suggest Indiana Still ‘Outbound’
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowFor the last two decades, Indiana has been classified as "outbound" by an annual relocation study from Evansville-based Atlas Van Lines Inc., and this year is no exception. The 2015 Migration Patterns results suggest more than 1,800 shipments headed out-of-state last year, compared to around 1,250 coming into Indiana.
Of the four states surrounding Indiana, Illinois and Ohio were also classified as outbound, while Kentucky and Michigan were "balanced" in 2015.
Marketing Communications Manager Lauren Falls says the Midwest in general is being drawn away to states in the south and northwest where climates and other quality-of-life features may offer more opportunities. Atlas Van Lines has conducted the study since 1993. Overall in this year, 20 states and Washington D.C. were considered balanced, 18 were outbound and 12 were inbound.
Falls says states registered fewer balanced statuses in 2015 than any other year in the more than two decades of the study.
The states with the highest percentage of inbound moves are: Oregon, Idaho, North Carolina, Alaska and North Dakota. The top outbound state are: Hawaii, New York, Illinois, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Marketing Communications Manager Lauren Falls says Indiana’s results are in-line with the rest of the region.