{"id":6804,"date":"2020-11-19T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/?p=6804"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:31:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:31:08","slug":"more-americans-plan-to-move-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/more-americans-plan-to-move-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Over 20% More Americans Plan to Move in 2021 Than in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Many aspects of American life have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting rearranging of society that has come to define 2020.<\/p>\n

A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center while the pandemic was in full swing in June 2020 found that approximately a fifth of Americans moved or know someone who moved as a result of COVID-19<\/a>. The reasons they gave for people moving were extremely varied — ranging from being called into active military duty to college housing being closed down to, of course, sudden financial constraints.<\/p>\n

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But what Pew didn’t<\/i><\/em> uncover was that 2021 is actually going to be an even bigger<\/i><\/em> year for relocating in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The Neighbor 2020 – 2021 American Migration Report surveyed over 1,000 U.S.-based respondents to find out just how many Americans were planning to move in 2021 as well as their key motivations for doing so. Here’s a quick summary of what we learned:<\/p>\n