Chicago Illinois Migration Patterns

Chicago Foot Traffic

This shows the citywide foot traffic in Chicago for the last few years.

Chicago foot traffic

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Chicago Work From Home Trend

This chart shows the number of people that are working from home, using mobility data to determine their home and work location. The trend in most places has been that more people are working from home during the pandemic.

Chicago work from home

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The charts below graph the inbound, outbound and net migration to the city of Chicago Illinois for each year of data available. Data displayed on the charts is annually aggregated; the REPerspectives product allows analysis of mobility trends with monthly granularity by State, Zip, County and Census Block Group.
Additional reports are available for the city residents, employees and tourists.

Chicago Illinois Migration In

The map below shows the migration into Chicago by Census Block Group (CBG).

Chicago migration in

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Chicago Illinois Net Migration

Chicago saw a net positive (inbound) resident count flow. There were -3307 residents moved out of the state.

Chicago migration net

Chicago Illinois Migration Out

People migrating out from Chicago color coded by Census Block Group (CBG).

Chicago migration out

Chicago Illinois Residential Migration Counts

This chart shows the number of residents that moved to Chicago.

Chicago migration counts chart

States migrated to and from

The state that most migrants moved from (origin state, excluding Illinois itself) to Chicago Illinois was Indiana. The state that most migrants moved out (destination state, excluding Illinois itself) from Chicago Illinois was Indiana.

Chicago states migration 2018
Chicago states migration 2019
Chicago states migration 2020

ADVAN measures the inbound, outbound and net migration to the city of Chicago Illinois for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Data displayed on the charts above are annually aggregated but using our product REPerspectives, it can be analyzed with monthly granularity by State, Zip, County and Census Block Group. Additional reports are available for the city residents, employees and tourists.

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