Where are people moving to/from across America? Look no further than U-Haul’s latest Migration Trends report to see the top states and cities for growth in 2018. As for the states, Texas topped the list of the number of U-Haul trucks pulling into the state versus the volume leaving. In the cities category, the Sacramento/Roseville (CA) market was the leading Growth City in America last year. U-Haul Growth States & Cities are calculated by the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks entering a city or state versus leaving that during the calendar year. Migration trends data is compiled from more than 2 million one-way U-Haul truck sharing transactions that occur annually. Indeed…
“While migration trends do not correlate directly to population or economic growth, U-Haul growth data is an effective gauge of how well states and cities are attracting and maintaining residents.”
The top 10 states for growth are:
| 1. Texas (1) |
| 2. Florida (2) |
| 3. South Carolina (4) |
| 4. Utah (21) |
| 5. Idaho (14) |
| 6. Maryland (42) |
| 7. Vermont (10) |
| 8. Tennessee (5) |
| 9. New Hampshire (31) |
| 10. Maine (26) |
The Top 10 cities for growth are:
| 1. Sacramento/Roseville, CA (6) |
| 2. Spring, TX |
| 3. Manhattan, NY (21) |
| 4. Harrisburg, PA |
| 5. Grand Rapids/Wyoming, MI |
| 6. San Francisco, CA (17) |
| 7. Greenville, SC |
| 8. Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 9. Madison, WI |
| 10. Kissimmee, FL (15) |
Click here to see U-Haul’s top growth states.
Click here to see U-Haul’s top growth cities.
