Some Angelenos considered leaving Los Angeles due to high housing costs
A majority of voters in the city of Los Angeles have considered leaving mainly due to expensive housing costs, new polling suggests.
A poll, formally known as the 2024 LABC Institute Housing Affordability Survey in Partnership with the Los Angeles Times, found that nearly three-quarters of renters and those under 35 have considered moving out of the city due to housing expenses, compared to 37% of homeowners and 26% of those 65 or older.
Overall, 60% of respondents have considered leaving the city with 35% seriously considered moving.
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The poll data also showed that 87% of respondents considered housing affordability a serious problem. According to a poll, homelessness and traffic congestion were other serious problems in the city.
A study from Zillow found that Angelenos would need to make almost $117,000 annually to comfortably afford housing in the city of L.A., far more than the median income of residents, which stands at $76,244, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
The 2024 LABC polling further tells a story many Angelenos, and Californians in general, have become all too familiar with: It’s expensive to live in the Golden State.
The rising costs of living led to multitudes of people leaving California, mainly during the pandemic, as work requirements, such as working in an office, became fluid.
U.S. Census Bureau data from 2021 showed that California’s population was on the decline, resulting in the state losing a congressional seat for the first time.
The trend continued into 2022 when data showed that more than 817,000 people left the Golden State for somewhere else in the U.S.
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However, while some left the state, others moved in.
Another dataset from the Census showed that more than 13,000 former New Jersey residents moved to California in 2022. Former residents of Illinois and Nebraska also moved out west during that time.
Most recently, Gov Gavin Newsom stated that California’s population continues to increase, with 67,000 people moving to the state, according to new data from the California Department of Finance.
In total, California’s population stands at 39.1 million.
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