Are many people leaving Houston to Suburbs due to COVID-19?

According to USPS data, big cities lost the most movers during the first six months of the pandemic. When we looked at what cities experienced the highest net losses, some of the country’s most populous areas like Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago, and San Francisco made the top of the list. See graph below.

MM_Moving-During-Coronavirus_Infographic_5-1

From the above list, you can see many east coast cities have lost people as they are afraid of getting COVID-19 living in close vacinity. Houston only ranked #8 for 4th largest metro in US which is not bad. But if you see the suburbs like Katy, Richmond saw the spike as people move towards that area. There are other reasons like Density, Cost of Living etc also plays the role. Please read the full report going to the link at mymove.com

You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply