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Key Findings
In the 50 years under study, the Park Towns consistently gained people in mid-career (35–44 year-olds) at a rate as good as or better than most of rural New York and Rural America.
The Park Towns lost some late-career workers (45–55 year-olds) in 1990, but in subsequent decades gained people of that age at a higher rate than did most of Rural America.
The Park Towns have been more successful in their recruitment of young retirees (55–64 year-olds) than any other area in Rural America.
Age group analysis is especially useful for comparing population growth or loss in specific age groups over a period of time across various geographic areas. Is it true—as one often hears in the Adirondacks—that people of prime family- and career-age are leaving? Is the rest of Rural America experiencing a similar loss?
Table 26 compares the gain (what is often called “recruitment”) or loss of career-age adults and early retirees in the populations of the Adirondacks and Rural America. In each of these age groups, the Park Towns usually recruited people, meaning that more moved in than moved out or died, during the previous ten years. Over the decades examined in this report, the Park Towns often recruited career age people at a rate as high as or better than did most other rural areas in New York State or the U.S. Collectively, the Park Towns are often gaining mid- and late-career age adults. The Park Towns also recruit people of retirement age at a higher rate than other rural areas. The data shows that the Park Towns enjoy significantly higher recruitment of people after age 55 than do other areas. ❑
Table 26: Comparison of recruitment of career age adults and retirees across nine different regions in the U.S.
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Rates of population recruitment of 35 to 44 year olds in nine regions across U.S., 1980 to 2020 The top table compares the changes in mid-career adult populations (35–44 year-olds) over 50 years between different age groups. The Park Towns consistently recruited people starting at age 35 at a higher rate than did New York State and the U.S. and compared favorably with the rates of recruitment in other rural areas. |
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Rates of population recruitment of 45 to 54 year olds in nine regions across U.S., 1990 to 2020 The middle table compares the changes in late-career adult populations (44–54 year-olds) over 30 years between different age groups. After a decline in 1990, which was shared by all other regions, the Park Towns recruited late-career adults at higher rates than did most other areas. |
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Rates of population recruitment of 55 to 64 year olds in nine regions across U.S., 2010 to 2020 The third table shows recruitment of young retirees (55–64 year-olds) over 20 years between age groups. The Park Towns stand out from New York, the U.S., and other rural areas in their high recruitment rate of young retirees. |
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Table 26 consists of three separate tables showing the gain or loss (“recruitment rate”) of three age groups in nine regions in the U.S. and Rural America. The tables are color-coded to more easily show gains (green shades) and losses (red shades). The top table shows recruitment levels at age 35 at different times from 1980 to 2020 across the nine regions. The middle table shows recruitment levels at age 45 and the bottom table shows recruitment at age 55.