Austin punches in as No. 1 city for workers relocating during pandemic
Austin is the No. 1 city for people relocating workers, says LinkedIn.
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk appears to be Austin-bound. Popular podcaster Joe Rogan already has settled down here. But how many more folks are making the Capital City home during the coronavirus pandemic? The short answer: a bunch.
Data from job website LinkedIn indicates Austin is the main magnet for U.S. professionals seeking a new place to live, work, and play. For every person who moved out of Austin from April to October, 1.53 people moved in. LinkedIn analyzed the top cities that gained the most people based on ZIP code changes across its 174 million U.S.-based LinkedIn members, CNBC reported. The analysis examined the inflow-outflow ratio, which is the number of new arrivals to an area versus the number of people who left.