National Association of Realtors December 9, 2024
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With rapidly changing buyer preferences and abilities, there has been a lot of migration within the United States over the past few years. As seen in the chart to the right, southern states such as Florida, Texas, and the Carolinas have been big winners in these domestic migration patterns, largely led by more affordable conditions and opportunities. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, 42% of these moves were driven by housing reasons, 26% for family reasons, 16% for employment reasons, and only one percent moved due to climate-related reasons.
The available Census Bureau data provides information surrounding where Americans move and in what volumes, but there is less available data surrounding why Americans move to a specific area and what drives those decisions. With this in mind, the National Association of REALTORS® Research Committee decided to conduct a survey of its members to analyze the drivers and motivators of their clients moving to different areas within the country. Throughout the report, the data is also broken down by movers to each of the four regions of the U.S. (Midwest, Northeast, South, and West) to identify any differences in drivers to different regions; regional definitions can be found in the Methodology section of the report.
Millions of Americans move and migrate throughout the nation, and this has been exacerbated by the surge of remote work and current affordability issues in the market. With varying priorities of America's home buyers, let's take a look at what drives individuals to move to specific areas and how that compares regionally:
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