Abstract

Problem, research strategy, and findings

Residential relocation is a way for older adults to cope with income changes, health changes, and other life cycle events such as the loss of a partner. The number of movers aged 60 and older increased by 1.4 million from 2010 to 2019 in the United States. Therefore, it is timely to examine older adults’ recent relocation patterns. Using multiple national-level data sources, we asked two questions: First, who are movers among older adults, and why are they moving? Second, what are their destination regions and neighborhoods? Results show that movers tend to be renters, those with lower incomes, those with higher housing cost burdens, and those who live alone. Although older adults’ primary reason for relocation is to live closer to their families, baby boomers younger than 70 have more heterogeneous moving reasons than older cohorts. We classify older adult movers into three types: aging adapters (56.9% of movers), suburb lovers (37.5% of movers), and long-distance movers (5.6% of movers).

Takeaway for practice

Our findings suggest short- and long-term strategies for planners to help older adults meet their heterogeneous residential needs. Practitioners should take steps to increase housing affordability for older adults, such as through changes in land use controls, by creating more age-restricted and age-inclusive communities to accommodate the diverse needs of movers among older adults, and by promoting age-friendly ride-hailing and public transit systems.

中文翻译：

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美国老年人最近的搬迁模式

摘要

问题、研究策略和发现

搬迁是老年人应对收入变化、健康变化和其他生命周期事件（例如失去伴侣）的一种方式。从 2010 年到 2019 年，美国 60 岁及以上的搬家人数增加了 140 万。因此，现在是时候检查老年人最近的搬迁模式了。使用多个国家级数据源，我们提出了两个问题：首先，谁是老年人中的搬家者，他们为什么搬家？第二，他们的目的地区域和街区是什么？结果表明，搬家者往往是租房者、收入较低的人、住房成本负担较高的人以及独居的人。虽然老年人搬迁的主要原因是为了离家人更近，但 70 岁以下的婴儿潮一代比年长的人群有更多不同的搬家原因。

外卖练习

我们的研究结果为规划者提供了短期和长期策略，以帮助老年人满足其多样化的居住需求。从业者应采取措施提高老年人的住房负担能力，例如通过改变土地使用控制，创建更多年龄限制和年龄包容的社区来满足老年人中搬家者的不同需求，以及通过促进老年友好乘车- 叫车和公共交通系统。