Why are so Many Workers Moving Across State Lines? – Route Fifty

“We find households are moving away relatively more from areas with greater remote work jobs, more stringent pandemic-related restrictions, and areas with higher rent-levels during the pandemic compared to normal times,” they wrote. “Households are moving to areas with fewer cases, less restrictions, lower density, and lower rent relatively more.” States with the highest numbers of residents leaving included California, Washington, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Colorado and Arizona.