Retirement Migration

[DINGO Joe]

So, Boomers are starting to hit retirement age in droves--1954 was the first year births in the US went over 4 million and births stayed over 4 million through 1964.  It will be especially impactful to political geography over the next decade

Have you seen any good data on in and out migration of 65 and over on the state level?  Is 65 the right age to look at or do those who move for retirement start earlier?  Any reason to not expect it to continue in the next decade, how many retirees can pack into Florida anyway?

[Torie]

I googled it and found this FWIW.

The top ten list (quote copied and pasted below) I think intended to apply to boomers only has some of the usual suspects, but then there are two shockers: Alabama and SD. Alabama!? SD!? Who knew? This particular boomer moved from CA (that would not be unusual), to NY (downright weird).

"The top 10 states that people are moving into, in order, are Vermont, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington, South Carolina, North Carolina, Colorado and Alabama."

[cinyc]

A lot of RVers move their residency to South Dakota because the state makes it easy to do so and they have no income tax.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Florida has low taxes, but lots of hidden fees.  It is senior-friendly, but the cost of housing is much higher, and Florida is not allowing many new mobile home parks due to hurricanes.

Alabama's Gulf Coast has some nice beach communities that are somewhat undiscovered, although they are in the hurricane hit zone.  It is not on the Florida peninsula, however, so it is easier to evacuate during a hurricane than it is in Florida.