October 31, 2006
Aging, Migration, and Local Communities
Movers age 60+ are prompted to leave a community for a variety of reasons. . . . Disagreeable weather/climate is a chief motivator for people to leave a community. However, because counties with high 60+ in-migration are disproportionately located in areas featuring a mild climate, climate is a relatively unimportant incentive for people to move to a particular community (4%). . . . Relatively few say they move to be in a retirement community (5%), because they “always wanted to live” in the community (4%), for work or job opportunities (3%), because of something they read (3%), or because they happened to find a house in the community they like (3%).