The Philadelphia metro area ranked among the top twenty places most affected by remote workers’ moves around the country, write Emily Badger, Robert Gebeloff, and Josh Katz for The New York Times.

Before the pandemic, most of the Americans who worked from home appeared settled there and were less likely to move than workers who commuted to the office for work.

However, the huge rise in the number of remote jobs and their shifting nature over the last several years has changed the pattern. People who worked from home during the pandemic became significantly more likely to move and a lot more likely to do so than other workers.

This rising mobility has especially hit large metro centers in the country, including Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia metro area ranked at No. 16, with 26 percent of workers who work remotely and a negative net migration of remote workers of one thousand.

Overall, the remote workers who were able to afford moves tended to have higher incomes. A good portion of them either moved out to the suburbs or relocated to a different part of the country.

Read more about remote workers in The New York Times.

What workers want now, after pandemic sparks surge in remote work.