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A recent study shows Nevada County residents moving their homes to and from Placer County and major metropolitan areas along the Interstate 5 corridor.
“It's a very regional migration,” said Kasey Allen, a demographer who creates reports and maps for private and public entities through his firm of KBA Geography.
He tracked movement in and out of the county through 2005 IRS tax returns filed in 2006, the most recent information available.
Locals involved in the moving business said recent anecdotal information points to more people leaving the county than arriving. People are leaving for jobs and lower housing prices, particularly in the last two years since the economy flattened.
Those who don't pay taxes do not show up on Allen's report, which includes some elderly and low-income people and those living under the legal radar.
The report shows 4,280 people leaving the county in 2005, with 4,167 moving in.
The majority of the outflow — 57 percent — was to other California counties, with 42 percent leaving the state and 1 percent leaving the country, Allen.
Placer County received the most Nevada County immigrants, followed by Washoe County in Nevada, and Sacramento, Yuba, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, San Diego and Contra Costa counties.
Most of those leaving the state went to Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, Allen said.
The bulk of the inflow — 72 percent — came from inside California, while 27 percent coming from other states including Arizona, Washington and Oregon. Placer County sent the most people here, followed by Sacramento, Contra Costa, Washoe, Alameda, Los Angeles, Santa Clara and Yuba counties.
The flow between Nevada County and Washoe County, home to Reno, did not surprise Gil Mathew, executive director of the Nevada County Economic Resource Council.
Workers moving back and forth is high because of the seasonal jobs in the Truckee-Tahoe ski areas, Mathew said.
“When times get tough in Truckee, people go down the hill to Reno, because it's infinitely cheaper,” Mathew said.
Movement statistics also could be skewed by southern Nevada County homes with Auburn zip codes, Mathew said.
Chauncey Poston, a Grass Valley City councilman and 22-year real estate veteran, said Placer County was probably attracting people with jobs and, recently, a drop in home prices.
“There is also an outflow of retirees,” Poston said. “They move here first, and then as they get older, they move back to be close to the family. I see a lot of that.”
People also retire to large land tracts here, but later they move away when age gets in the way of maintenance, Poston said.
“It's a very regional migration,” said Kasey Allen, a demographer who creates reports and maps for private and public entities through his firm of KBA Geography.
He tracked movement in and out of the county through 2005 IRS tax returns filed in 2006, the most recent information available.
Locals involved in the moving business said recent anecdotal information points to more people leaving the county than arriving. People are leaving for jobs and lower housing prices, particularly in the last two years since the economy flattened.
Those who don't pay taxes do not show up on Allen's report, which includes some elderly and low-income people and those living under the legal radar.
The report shows 4,280 people leaving the county in 2005, with 4,167 moving in.
The majority of the outflow — 57 percent — was to other California counties, with 42 percent leaving the state and 1 percent leaving the country, Allen.
Placer County received the most Nevada County immigrants, followed by Washoe County in Nevada, and Sacramento, Yuba, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, San Diego and Contra Costa counties.
Most of those leaving the state went to Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, Allen said.
The bulk of the inflow — 72 percent — came from inside California, while 27 percent coming from other states including Arizona, Washington and Oregon. Placer County sent the most people here, followed by Sacramento, Contra Costa, Washoe, Alameda, Los Angeles, Santa Clara and Yuba counties.
The flow between Nevada County and Washoe County, home to Reno, did not surprise Gil Mathew, executive director of the Nevada County Economic Resource Council.
Workers moving back and forth is high because of the seasonal jobs in the Truckee-Tahoe ski areas, Mathew said.
“When times get tough in Truckee, people go down the hill to Reno, because it's infinitely cheaper,” Mathew said.
Movement statistics also could be skewed by southern Nevada County homes with Auburn zip codes, Mathew said.
Chauncey Poston, a Grass Valley City councilman and 22-year real estate veteran, said Placer County was probably attracting people with jobs and, recently, a drop in home prices.
“There is also an outflow of retirees,” Poston said. “They move here first, and then as they get older, they move back to be close to the family. I see a lot of that.”
People also retire to large land tracts here, but later they move away when age gets in the way of maintenance, Poston said.
