Even amid a tumultuous year that saw millions of Americans shelter in place and work from home, some U.S. metro areas continued to see a higher-than-average percentage of people moving in and out. Newly released Census data analyzed by Social Explorer finds eight U.S. metros reported that more than one-quarter of its residents had moved within the past year.

The Ithaca, N.Y., metro, home to Cornell University, had the highest level of mobility in the U.S., with only 72.6 percent of residents reporting that they had stayed in the same house for the past year. The 2016-20 American Community Survey data also showed high figures for Bloomington, Ind., host of Indiana University (73.2 percent); Jacksonville, N.C., home to a major Marine Corps base (73.6 percent); and Ames, Iowa (73.7 percent), which hosts Iowa State University.

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Author: Frank Bass