Kolaj attributes the suburban trend to the improved job market, which is making it easier for young people to buy homes and start families, and to the rise in "telecommuting," which makes it less necessary to live near downtowns and other labor centers. He cited a Gallup poll that says the share of employees working from home at least four days a week has risen to nearly one-third in 2016, from nearly one-quarter in 2012.