Thinking about moving? Check this website for relocation incentives first

In 2020, Choose Topeka rolled out a relocation incentive program that gave remote workers who moved to Shawnee County $10,000 toward the purchase of a home.

In doing so, Topeka joined a growing list of towns and cities dispensing cash as a means of luring new residents. There are now so many such programs in the U.S. that there is an online directory, makemymove.com, that compiles the various incentives available to those looking to relocate.

Deals vary. Southwest, Michigan, gives remote workers $10,000 toward a mortgage, plus another $5,000 if they have a child placed into public school.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, gives remote workers $5,000 toward a down payment on a home within the city limits, plus free coffee for a year at a local cafe.

And Bloomfield, Iowa, will give you $10,000 — but you have to build a new house.