Geography
How Domestic Migration Patterns Shift with Remote Work Adoption
Quick fact
A study of US data found that in the first two years of remote work adoption, moves out of large metro areas increased by roughly 2.5%, with many remote workers relocating to smaller cities and rural counties—a shift that boosted local populations but also raised housing costs in those destinations.
Why this is interesting
The pandemic proved that millions of workers could do their jobs from anywhere. But as offices reopened, a surprising number chose not to return—and their decisions are rewriting the map of where people live.