Making the decision to relocate can be easy, or even difficult, but once it is made, making the details, planning the move, and packing can take its toll. Where the process is associated with stress and many can attest to it. Where there are many tips, recommendations, and suggestions as well as professional services, there are many resources that offer help to alleviate worry that comes with moving, especially long-distance moving. With this in mind, we at Excalibur Moving & Storage would like to lighten the weight of the moving burdens and share some of the interesting facts related to moving.
Moving Facts
There are many facts that surround moving. However, below are just a few examples of the moving facts we would like to share today.
1) Right up there with the death of a loved one and divorce, moving is the third most stressful event in life.
2) One-third of all renters move every year in United States.
3) Every year, about 40 million Americans move, which is more people than the entire population of our largest state, California.
4) Averaging once every six years, the average American moves 11.3 times in a lifetime.
5) Between the beginning of May and Labor Day, the first Monday of September, 50% all US relocations happen during one-third of the year.
6) With around 40% of all moves in US are job-related, personal moves include about 42%, and the military or government relocations average about 18%.
7) Because the moving professionals will cover the packing, labor, the truck, transportation, gas, toll expenses, insurance, and pretty much everything, moving with a moving company may cost you less than hiring a moving truck and moving yourself.
8) Due to the convenience of a job is the primary reasons to why people opt to move to a specific neighborhood.
9) Within the United States, nearly 62% the people live in the state of their original birth.
10) For the current population of Florida, they have the lowest percentage of people born in the state.
11) Between the ages of 25 and 44, with one or two kids ranging in age from 2 to 11, the most common moving company customers are married couples.
12) Making up 46% of all relocations, the majority of moves are job related, and the rest of retirement 32% and other personal reasons, of around 22%.
13) According the U.S. Census Bureau, an astonishing 13 million kids under the age of 19 lead something of a rootless existence, moving every single year. This fact can make uprooting your kids and moving across the country a little simpler with the commonality of it.
14) Approximately 35% of all high school graduates and 30% of all college graduates move to another state within five years of graduation according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
15) The tine house trend is increasing as many people are preferring to downsize with their move.
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