Migration in Região Metropolitana do Vale do Aço (2017–2022)
Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 4 municipalities, with its core in Ipatinga and a reference population of 458,845 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 8,135 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of −2,220.
Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)
| Core → periphery | 4,735 |
| Periphery → core | 1,795 |
| Periphery → periphery | 1,605 |
| External inflows (rest of the country) | 19,505 |
| External outflows (rest of the country) | 21,720 |
Top 10 intra-RM migration flows
Commuting
| Employed persons in the region | 199,875 |
| Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence) | 29,630 |
| % of commuters among employed persons | 14.8 |
| Median commuting time | 30 min |
| % using public transport | 33.5 |
Migrants and work
Sum over the region's municipalities (rm_mig_pendular_resumo): among those who migrated within their own metropolitan region and were employed, where they went to work.
| Intra-RM migrants | 8,130 |
| ... employed | 4,710 |
| ... commuting (work outside where they moved to) | 2,115 |
| ... going back to work in the origin municipality they left | 1,575 |
| ... now working in the core | 255 |
| ... working where they now live | 2,410 |
Municipalities of Região Metropolitana do Vale do Aço
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