Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Oregon: where Gen X adults are moving

Adults born 1965 to 1980 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 16,100 adults born 1965 to 1980 moved to Oregon from another state in the prior year, while about 15,600 moved away. The difference, about +500, is smaller than the survey's margin of error (plus or minus 4,400), so this data cannot say whether Oregon gained or lost Gen X adults on net.

The largest single source of Gen X adults arriving in Oregon was California, at about 4,200 people (plus or minus 1,500), followed by Washington.

Moved in from other states

16,104

people · margin of error ±2,655

Moved out to other states

15,639

people · margin of error ±3,123

Net change

+465

people · margin of error ±4,430

Too close to call: smaller than the margin of error

States sending Gen X adults to Oregon

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

Top origin states

StatePeople (estimate)Margin of errorConfidence
California4,238±1,537Good
Washington3,392±1,358Good
Arizona1,195±734Small sample
Ohio829±1,005Too small to rely on
Idaho808±789Small sample
Texas582±485Small sample
Florida559±400Small sample
North Carolina551±431Small sample
Colorado504±454Small sample
New Mexico385±409Too small to rely on
Massachusetts329±394Too small to rely on
Montana304±298Small sample
Virginia273±402Too small to rely on
Missouri242±373Too small to rely on
Utah236±247Too small to rely on

Showing the 15 largest of 30 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.