Young adults flock to nation's capital
Young adults are moving to Washington, DC, in much greater numbers than suburban counties. About half of the District's 30,600 population growth from 2010 to 2012 consisted of people 25 to 34 years of age, according to a report in The Washington Post. In exurban Loudoun County, Virginia, by contrast, only 6 percent of the growth was 25 to 34 years old. Compared to Loudoun, the District attracted more than tenfold the Millennials — or Echo Boomers, as the Post refers to them. Close-in suburbs did much better. Arlington County grew by 13,418, and 5,590 (42 percent), were in the Echo Boomer group, the Post says. The report supports market research that young adults prefer the urban lifestyle.
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