April 13th, 2021
According to 2019 American Community Survey data, Greene County had the least amount of geographic mobility in our region with 93.9% of current residents over the age 15 living in the same home as in the previous year. By the same measure Duchess County had the highest geographic mobility with only 88.5% of current residents living in the same home as the previous year. Across the region most changes of residence were within the same county, although in Putnam, a greater percentage of residents moved from a different NY county than within the county. Across the region less than 2% of resident moves were from a different state, and less than 1% of moves were from abroad. It will be interesting to see this data in another year with the pandemic motivated geographic mobility we have seen over the last year. The United States as a whole is included in the table for comparison.
