- Eight Florida cities were among the 12 highest positive net domestic migration rates among metros.
- Wildwood-The Villages in Florida had the highest rate per 1,000 residents.
- The Dallas metro area had the largest total net positive domestic migration.
Florida cities are always irresistible to movers across the United States.
Several Florida metropolitan areas, such as Wildwood-The Villages, are experiencing high net domestic migration rates. Additionally, Wildwood-The Villages led the way in overall population growth from July 1, 2022 to the following July for the metros, with a 4.7% increase in its population, from 144,767 residents.
Business Insider looked at U.S. metros with the most positive net domestic migration, or metros where more people in the U.S. were moving there than were moving to another region of the United States. The Census Bureau’s latest net domestic migration values were for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, had the highest positive net domestic migration among metros, with a value of 60,457. Many people were also heading to Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands in Texas and Tampa-St. . Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida. They had net domestic migration values of 39,644 and 35,830 respectively.
But when taking into account the size of the metro population as of July 1, 2022, net domestic migration rates suggest that Wildwood-The Villages is thriving on movers. This Florida metropolis had a net domestic migration value of 8,684 but a rate per 1,000 residents of about 60, the highest among metropolises. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, comes next, with a rate per 1,000 residents of about 39. This South Carolina metro area experienced net domestic migration of 15,061.
Below are the U.S. metros with the highest positive net domestic migration rates per 1,000 residents.
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