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Joe Robison

Joe Robison

Joe Robison is a data reporter for moveBuddha.com. Joe writes about moving statistics, population trends, economics, and current events.

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Deseret Moves: The moveBuddha 2022 Utah Migration Report

An outdoors lover’s paradise, from Arches National Park to Zion National Park and the Great Salt Lake, pandemic-era movers flocked to the naturally social-distanced spaces of Utah. Are movers still heading to Utah, or are locals enduring overcrowding looking to head out? Big takeaways While Utah was a popular state to move to in 2020, […]

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Island Surge: The moveBuddha 2021-2022 Hawaii Migration Report

In 2022, Hawaii ranks #1 nationwide for inflow, with an in-to-out ratio of 252 to 100. In other words, moveBuddha search data shows that for every 252 searches for moves into Hawaii, there are only 100 looking to move out. Big takeaways Hawaii is the #1 state in the nation for inflow, with the highest […]

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Georgia is Just Peachy: The moveBuddha 2021-2022 Georgia Migration Report

Big takeaways Since 2020, Georgia has maintained its status as a state attracting new moves in from other states. The latest 2022 data shows that for every 123 moves into the state there are only 100 out. In 2022, the top states fueling moves into Georgia — California, Florida, New York, and Texas — collectively […]

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Moving to Bigger Skies: The moveBuddha 2021-2022 Montana Migration Report

Big Takeaways: Moves into Montana from out of state are 2 times more likely than a move exiting the state in 2022. California and Washington together represent 27% of moves into Montana. While Arizona, Texas, Oregon, and Florida are also sending large proportions of moves in. Every city in the state in our analysis is […]

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Evergreen State Migration: The moveBuddha 2021-2022 Washington Migration Report

Big takeaways 2022 data shows that slightly more are searching to leave the state of Washington than move in — 97 moves in for every 100 out. Coming in and heading out: California dominates both moves into Washington and moves headed out of the state. Texas comes in second on both counts. Outflow is concentrated […]

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Idaho, The Place to Go: The moveBuddha 2021-2022 Idaho Migration Report

Big takeaways • 1 in 3 moves in are coming from California in 2022, according to moveBuddha’s data. • #1 Coeur d’Alene is the city in Idaho seeing the most inflow in 2022, to date. Data shows there are over 223 moves in for every 100 moves out. Other popular cities to move to include […]

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Monthly Moving Trends: The Big Cities Everyone Wants to Move to in 2024 — June 2024

Every month, we pull the freshest data from the moveBuddha Moving Cost Calculator to gain real-time insights into U.S. migration trends. Here, we rank the 150 most-populous U.S. cities by their in-to-out move ratio, a metric that compares the volume of users interested in moving to each city with the volume of users interested in […]

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Why are People Fleeing New York State? New Report Reveals Exodus

Big Takeaways 2022 moveBuddha data shows that Webster, NY has the highest move ratio so far this year, with 134 moves in for every 100 moves out. The next highest cities are Ithaca, NY (127 to 100) and Fairport, NY (126 to 100). The worst move ratio goes to Jamaica, NY with only 27 moves […]

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