Number of People Moving to Texas, Florida Cities Plummets
Other Florida and Texas cities—including Houston, Miami, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Austin—were included in the list with the biggest migration slowdowns reported in 2024.
Quote:The movement of Americans across the country has declined significantly over the past 10 years, according to the latest U.S. Census data, with 87.9 percent of the population staying in the same home through those years compared to 85.1 percent a decade ago.
A majority of those who have been moving, however, have had one destination in mind: the Sun Belt—and especially Florida and Texas. In 2023, according to a recent report by Storage Cafe, Texas was the nation's top state for net migration, with 137,582 newcomers, closely followed by Florida with 136,750.
These numbers, however, dropped in 2024, as the two states face higher home prices, hefty property taxes, and climbing homeowners' insurance premiums.
According to Redfin, the former pandemic boomtown of Tampa, Florida, saw the biggest slowdown in domestic migration in 2024 of all 50 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas, with a net inflow of just over 10,000 residents. That's less than one-third the 35,000-person net inflow reported in 2023.
Net inflow indicates how many more U.S. residents move into a metro area than move out, and includes domestic moves only.
Dallas saw the second-biggest slowdown, with a net inflow of roughly 13,000 residents in 2024, down from 35,000 in 2023.
Atlanta reported a net outflow of nearly 2,000 last year, which means 2,000 more U.S. residents moved out of the city than in. That's compared to a net inflow of 17,000 the year before.
Other Florida and Texas cities—including Houston, Miami, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Austin—were included in the list with the biggest migration slowdowns reported in 2024.
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