Where Kansas Citian's are moving

I still owe some posts on schools, but I thought this info graphic was pretty cool and worth sharing.

The map, from Forbes.com, showes where it is that Kansas Citians are moving to when they leave town - and likewise, where they are coming from when they move to town.

Obviously, much of the population change is within the basic metro as people move back and forth across the state line and back and forth across the river, but many other major areas are possibly a little surprising.

The largest areas of outbound people leaving Kansas City are heading to warmer climates in Arizona and Florida -- many of these folks are likely retirees.  Dallas, Seattle, Austin and Houston are popular destinations as well.

Many of the inbound people are moving from Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego. Based on the demographics of these areas, one would assume that many of these imbound folks are of Hispanic decent.

Interestingly, the migration patterns are fairly similar between Johnson and Jackson Counties.

What does this mean about the types of services the city should be supplying? Should we be trying to compete in keeping our retirees here by having more liveable areas for retirees? Or should we be adjusting services to cater more toward Hispanics? 

It will be interesting if we see these migration patterns show up in our Census numbers when they are released.

None of this is terribly surprising of course -- most are aware that retirees like to move south for warmer weather and that most cities across the US are experiencing growth in the number of Hispanics...but this is a really interesting (IMO) visual depiction of these changes and what it may mean for the types of services the metro area needs to be providing in the future.

Comments

[dh]

Most of the Hispanics are Illegal immigrants and need to be deported .

[Brent]

Given the numbers are based on IRS tax filings, these numbers would likely reflect only people who are in the U.S. legally and paying taxes...

[smh]

Brent, it would be awesome to see a post re: your thoughts on the Armour Restriction Zone: http://kcpdchief.blogspot.com/2010/06/fighting-crime-on-armour-boulevard.html

Seems like a sketchy way to fight crime to me. And, as I anticipate you saying, it dodges the real issue.