Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Oregon: where Boomers and older adults are moving

Adults born 1964 or earlier who lived in a different state one year earlier, from the Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey. These are survey estimates of people, shown with their margins of error.

The Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey estimates that about 19,800 adults born 1964 or earlier moved to Oregon from another state in the prior year, while about 16,100 moved away. The difference, about +3,700, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,600), so this data cannot say whether Oregon gained or lost Boomers and older adults on net.

The most common destination for Boomers and older adults leaving Oregon was California, at about 4,500 people (plus or minus 1,800), followed by Washington and Arizona.

Moved in from other states

19,801

people · margin of error ±3,485

Moved out to other states

16,066

people · margin of error ±2,869

Net change

+3,735

people · margin of error ±4,609

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States receiving Boomers and older adults from Oregon

Shaded by estimated people leaving for each state. Hover a state for the estimate and its margin of error.

Top destination states

StatePeople (estimate)Margin of errorConfidence
California4,457±1,834Good
Washington3,488±1,321Good
Arizona1,348±678Good
North Carolina729±800Too small to rely on
Missouri553±584Too small to rely on
Idaho545±404Small sample
West Virginia502±645Too small to rely on
Colorado365±366Too small to rely on
Ohio364±454Too small to rely on
Georgia350±422Too small to rely on
Nevada341±367Too small to rely on
Texas321±289Small sample
Maine312±500Too small to rely on
Wyoming296±393Too small to rely on
Florida294±251Small sample

Showing the 15 largest of 31 states with movers in the survey sample. Smaller flows rest on only a handful of survey responses.

Why this does not match the IRS view

The All households view counts tax-filing households of every age from 2022 to 2023 IRS records. This view counts individual people in one age group from a 2024 Census survey. They measure different things in different years, so the two sets of numbers are shown side by side and never added together. Census age data stops at the state level, so there is no county detail here. More in the guide.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). Estimates and 90% margins of error calculated by Home Grown Property Group from the person file and its replicate weights. Counts people ages 18 and over living in the 50 states or D.C. who lived in a different state or D.C. one year earlier; moves from abroad and Puerto Rico are not included. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.