The migration tides are turning in Oklahoma. The Sooner State has long been in the shadow of neighboring Texas, but it’s facing a resurgence. Oklahoma’s gains in net domestic migration in 2021 were the highest since at least 1999. 2022 was a great year, too. moveBuddha data shows that Oklahoma ranked 11th for the most […]
Austin is still America’s fastest-growing metro area by many standards. According to Census figures, the Austin MSA population swelled by a staggering 84% between 2000 and 2020. Austin saw a flurry of in-flow moving interest in the early pandemic migration boom. But moveBuddha’s recent data shows the interest may be waning, and outward migration is […]
In practically every corner of the United States, there lives a pocket of Irish culture, whether it be locals of Irish ancestry or a pub named O’Connor’s. In fact, nearly 10% of Americans identify as Irish, including U.S. President Joe Biden. (Finnegan is his mother’s maiden name.) If we look back into American history, the […]
This tropical Silicon Beach provided tech crews a remote work paradise during other states’ Covid lockdowns, and it looks like that trend has continued though outbreaks have subsided. Politics seems to be driving continual moves from states like California and New York, as more people who might be best able to afford high taxes and […]
The South is rising again in South Carolina. Long overshadowed by larger neighbors, a tide of new residents is seeing this coastal gem as their #1 destination. So far in 2024, the state is snagging the highest rate of new moves in the country, up 5% since 2023. Today, 2.18 new South Carolinians move in […]
The Big Apple suffered some COVID-19 bruises in 2020 when over 100K residents noped out of a dense city with some of the highest COVID transmissions and death rates. Many returned, but the city still hasn’t fully recovered. Are newcomers moving in to take a bite of the apple, or has the big city lost […]
An outdoors lover’s paradise, from Arches National Park to Zion National Park and the Great Salt Lake, pandemic-era movers flocked to the naturally social-distanced spaces of Utah. Are movers still heading to Utah, or are locals enduring overcrowding looking to head out? Big takeaways While Utah was a popular state to move to in 2020, […]
In 2022, Hawaii ranks #1 nationwide for inflow, with an in-to-out ratio of 252 to 100. In other words, moveBuddha search data shows that for every 252 searches for moves into Hawaii, there are only 100 looking to move out. Big takeaways Hawaii is the #1 state in the nation for inflow, with the highest […]
Big takeaways Since 2020, Georgia has maintained its status as a state attracting new moves in from other states. The latest 2022 data shows that for every 123 moves into the state there are only 100 out. In 2022, the top states fueling moves into Georgia — California, Florida, New York, and Texas — collectively […]
