Population Migration

Population Migration

Why is it important?

To ensure long-term prosperity, communities that foresee high in-migration must be willing to avoid the kind of growth that makes housing prices soar and quality of life decline. In places where most population growth is natural (births minus deaths), increased demand is spread over the two decades that children grow, giving business and community leaders time to develop sound plans for building overall community wealth.

How are we doing?

In-migration accounts for four-fifths of the Sierra’s population growth, and is a consistent factor in the North Central and South Central regions. In the North and East regions, migration patterns fluctuate as local economies grow and decline.