Barriers to settling in after a move
17%
17% identified established friendship groups barrier to settling in — the most common answer.
n = 3,011 Americans who moved state in the previous five years · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
established friendship groups17%
polite but not especially warm people15%
feeling like an outsider14%
difficulty meeting people outside work11%
difficulty meeting people as an adult8%
neighbors keeping to themselves7%
0%50%100%
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,011
- Population
- Americans who moved state in the previous five years
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- What Surprises Americans After Moving States
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Barriers to settling in after a move" Survey of 3,011 Americans who moved state in the previous five years, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/barriers-to-settling-in-after-a-move
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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