The pandemic era dealt a body blow to the economic and demographic health of many of America’s major cities. It sent young families in particular fleeing to smaller cities, suburbs, or even rural parts of the country. But the pandemic is decidedly over, and young families are still not returning. Meanwhile, birth rates are declining faster in large urban counties than anywhere else in the country. Combined, these trends mean that the population of young families living in the country’s ma...| Economic Innovation Group
New U.S. Census Bureau data product shows changes in reasons for moving and types of moves between 2021 and 2022.| Census.gov
Western housing shortages drive inequality, climate change, low productivity growth, obesity, and even falling fertility rates.| worksinprogress.co