Origin-Destination Migration

Tracks changes of home location from one area (origin) to another (destination) and measures the magnitude of flow between the origin-destination pairs.

Field name	Type	Description	Example	Comment
origin_location_id	STRING	Area code (FIPS, ZIP, CBSA, custom)	36109	The geographical identification of a value in the data set. It refers to ZIP code, Tract/County/CBSA/State FIPS code.
origin_us_state_id	STRING	US State FIPS code (2 digits)	36
origin_us_state	STRING	Name of US State	New York
origin_us_cbsa_id	STRING	US Core-Based Statistical Area code (5 digits)	27060	Not applicable levels: State, ZIP
origin_us_cbsa	STRING	Name of US Core-Based Statistical Area	Ithaca, NY Metro Area	Not applicable levels: State, ZIP
origin_us_county_id	STRING	US County FIPS code (5 digits)	36109	Not applicable levels: State, CBSA, ZIP
origin_us_county	STRING	Name of US County	Tompkins County, NY	Not applicable levels: State, CBSA, ZIP
origin_us_zip_id	STRING	ID of US Zip Code	70710	Not applicable levels: State, County, CBSA
origin_us_zip	STRING	Name of US Zip Code	70710	Not applicable levels: State, County, CBSA
origin_student_population_fraction	FLOAT	Fraction of the area’s population belonging to (tertiary education) students age 18 to 34.	0.079	Based on Census 5year ACS 2021 data.
origin_area	INTEGER	Area in meters squared	1273
origin_population	INTEGER	Census 5year ACS 2021 based population.	102962	Population of the location based on Census 5year ACS 2021 data.
destination_location_id	STRING	Area code (FIPS, ZIP, CBSA, custom)	04013	The geographical identification of a value in the data set. It refers to ZIP code, Tract/County/CBSA/State FIPS code.
destination_us_state_id	STRING	US State FIPS code (2 digits)	4
destination_us_state	STRING	Name of US State	Arizona
destination_us_cbsa_id	STRING	US Core-Based Statistical Area code (5 digits)	38060	Not applicable levels: State, ZIP
destination_us_cbsa	STRING	Name of US Core-Based Statistical Area	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area	Not applicable levels: State, ZIP
destination_us_county_id	STRING	US County FIPS code (5 digits)	04013	Not applicable levels: State, CBSA, ZIP
destination_us_county	STRING	Name of US County	Maricopa County, AZ	Not applicable levels: State, CBSA, ZIP
destination_us_zip_id	STRING	ID of US Zip Code		Not applicable levels: State, County, CBSA
destination_us_zip	STRING	Name of US Zip Code		Not applicable levels: State, County, CBSA
destination_student_population_fraction	FLOAT	Fraction of the area’s population belonging to (tertiary education) students	0.0014	Based on Census 5year ACS 2021 data.
destination_area	INTEGER	Area in meters squared	23893
destination_population	INTEGER	Census 5year ACS 2021 based population.	4253913	Population of the location based on Census 5year ACS 2021 data.
observation_start_date	DATE	The start date for the period this observation took place.	2022-12-01	This date marks the period when we start aggregating moves for a given observation window.
observation_end_date	DATE	The end date for the period this observation took place.	2022-12-31	This date marks the period when we stop aggregating moves for a given observation window.
moves_estimated	INTEGER	Estimated number of moves from the origin location to the destination location.	15	Estimate of migration flow from origin_location_id to destination_location_id.
moves_estimated_normalized	INTEGER	Estimated number of moves from the origin location to the destination location normalized to standard time period (exactly 4 weeks).	14
confidence_score	FLOAT	Score indicating the degree of confidence	1.0	This value indicates the degree of our confidence about the extrapolated number of moves. The higher the value (max is 1.0) the higher our confidence.