According to a recent survey, a large number of people are looking to relocate out of California, while more people are interested in moving to North and South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee.
California ranked lowest in terms of net loss of migration, according to a ConsumerAffairs poll published on May 20. The survey found that people were seeking to relocate from their home state to areas with lower costs of living due to high living expenses.
In an effort to predict migration patterns for 2024, the company examined data from 143,506 of its users who indicated a desire to relocate between January 2023 and March 2024. This allowed them to determine the net migration change.
ConsumerAffairs Data Editor Jill Castellano stated that “ConsumerAffairs’ data shows a continued migration out of California and toward the Carolinas, Florida, and Tennessee.”
“A lot of factors contribute to these patterns, but the ongoing high cost of living in California — especially high home and rental prices — are no doubt contributing factors. Addressing the state’s climbing living and housing costs would be one way for California to appeal to people looking for a place to move,” she stated.
According to survey data, there were over 17,824 persons in the Golden State who wanted to move out and over 7,000 who were thinking about coming in, for a net of −10,453.
Michael Basch, who formerly resided in New York and California, told ConsumerAffairs, “I’d say if you’re optimizing for kombucha consumed per hour a day, go to LA.”
In addition, Basch, the creator of an Oklahoma-based venture capital firm, told the research firm, “I think if you want to start a family, if you want quality of life, if you want a nice community or if you want to make a difference, those are all things I think we [Oklahoma] win over those markets.”
California was ranked lowest in the rating system, followed by New York, according to ConsumerAffairs. According to their data, there was a net migration of −2,190, with almost 6,000 persons considering leaving the Empire State and just over 3,800 desiring to move in.
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While the top 10 states (which included Georgia and Arizona) were all red or purple, the bottom 10 states were all blue.
Potential movers ranked North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas in order of net desirability, from 1 to 5.
According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, migration is increasing in red states in 2023, with Texas seeing the biggest population growth of any state.
The population of the “blue states,” which include California, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, decreased between 2022 and 2023.
