All this is from a report from a .pdf report from an economic analysis consulting company. (I can't reveal the name of the consultant)

 

This data is from 2003-2006

 

I enjoy their market profiles.  They do a great job a putting a lot into a concise pdf...

 

this particular data come the IRS I believe.

Interesting!

It'd be interesting to map these numbers with proportional arrows between origins/destinations.

I was bored.  Hard to get precise proportions, but here's a visual.  Because the largest figures are so big and the others all bunched together, the smaller sizes are harder to discern from each other. .

 

 

 

 

 

That Akron number is probably due to the suburban growth of northern Summit Counties and Northwest Portage Counties. I was also surprised that so many Columbus(ians)(ers)??, move to Cleveland I thought the number moving there would have been much higher.

I wonder how many of the Phoenix and Tampa numbers are retirees.

Thanks for that map.  I find it interesting that there are no arrows pointing out to the coasts or Texas.  CHI and ATL don't surprise, and yeah, I guess that Tampa and Phoenix are driven by retirees, though I don't know the %age either.  It'd be interesting to know the top 10 non-regional destinations for Cuyahoga county emmigrants and top 10 non regional sources for immigrants.  By regional I mean greater Cleveland but also neighboring metros, as they naturally have a lot of back and forth.

That Akron number is probably due to the suburban growth of northern Summit Counties and Northwest Portage Counties. I was also surprised that so many Columbus(ians)(ers)??, move to Cleveland I thought the number moving there would have been much higher.

 

I was thinking the same thing too...I mean if you live in Brecksville and then buy a house across the road in Richfield Twp., you've effiectively "migrated".

Well, I'm home sick and I saw on the History Channel if a tsunami hits the East Coast, then the Midwest will have to take all the population and responsibilities from the East Coast. So we've got that going for us...

I was also surprised that so many Columbus(ians)(ers)??, move to Cleveland I thought the number moving there would have been much higher.

 

Columbusites.  And keep in mind, most of those moving to Cleveland from Columbus were probably from Cleveland to begin with (as they went to OSU, then moved back home).

I don't think the numbers used were based on a county level.  If that was the case then you would've seen a whole lot more numbers flowing to that cosmopolitan city of Medina.  Medina county has far more people moving into it from Cuyahoga Co. than does Summit Co.  I believe these numbers are better drilled down numbers than mere exurbian outward movement.  For sure there continues to be people moving into Northern Summit Co., but they're also moving in from Akron area, myself being an example..  I think the numbers are pretty realistic level of people relocating into metro Akron.  In fact I would wonder if I wasn't placed into the group of people that are going to Cleveland, since my job is in Cuyahoga Co. and I'm now in No. Summit County.

I don't think the numbers used were based on a county level.  If that was the case then you would've seen a whole lot more numbers flowing to that cosmopolitan city of Medina.  Medina county has far more people moving into it from Cuyahoga Co. than does Summit Co.  I believe these numbers are better drilled down numbers than mere exurbian outward movement.  For sure there continues to be people moving into Northern Summit Co., but they're also moving in from Akron area, myself being an example..  I think the numbers are pretty realistic level of people relocating into metro Akron.  In fact I would wonder if I wasn't placed into the group of people that are going to Cleveland, since my job is in Cuyahoga Co. and I'm now in No. Summit County.

 

Medina Co. is part of the Cleveland MSA...while Summit Co. is part of the Akron MSA. I'm assuming that's why you don't see migration numbers for say Medina, Lorain or Ashtabula (all part of the Cleveland MSA), but you do for Sandusky and Akron (which aren't).

Well, I'm home sick and I saw on the History Channel if a tsunami hits the East Coast, then the Midwest will have to take all the population and responsibilities from the East Coast. So we've got that going for us...

 

Actually, when I saw the report on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and saw that the numbers of people on the planet who will be forced to move due to drought conditions, coastal flooding, etc. I kept thinking... Why not here? We have more freshwater in the Great Lakes than any other place on the planet. We do need low-skill jobs for them, and while selling fast food to each other isn't exactly what I have in mind, that's certainly an option for many. So is working at a new coal liquefaction plant or two, tending to urban farms and selling produce from them, home/building renovation work, as well as many other vocations. The IPCC report projected painful global climate changes starting by 2020 (I think 400 million displaced) and displacing 2 billion people by 2050!

 

We should at least give these things some thought, if not start to plan for them now.

I'm one of the immigrants from NYC. :)

I'd go out on a limb and say some of that immigration is due to the skyrocketing costs of living there. I think we could easily do a lot more poaching from New York with a smart marketing campaign.

 

Thanks for the map, Matches.