If you changed residences between 2010 and 2010, congratulations: less than 12% of the U.S. population moved during that time , the lowest recorded rate since the Current Population Survey began collecting statistics on the movement of people in the United States in 1948. The recent peak was in 1985 (20%). If folks move more than 500 miles, the majority do it for employment-related issues, and if folks move less than 50 miles, the majority do it for housing-related reasons ("My mudda-in-law was driving...