More People Moving Into Charlotte Than Out

United Van Lines released their 2012 Post-Peak Moving Trends Summary last week. Charlotte metro is number 8 out of the top 15 most popular US cities to move to this season.

United Van Lines, the largest mover in the country, analyzed moves during their peak moving time May 1 through August 31st 2012. This city to city moving data offered the following city specific moving patterns:

Based on United’s summer moving data, the most popular cities for U.S. families to MOVE TO this season were:

1. Washington, D.C.
2. Chicago, Ill.
3. Atlanta, Ga.
4. Phoenix, Ariz.
5. Dallas, Texas
6. Houston, Texas,
7. Seattle, Wash.
8. Charlotte, N.C.
9. Los Angeles, Calif.
10. Denver, Colo.
11. Boston, Mass.
12. San Diego, Calif.
13. San Jose, Calif.
14. Minneapolis, Minn.
15. New York, N.Y.

Of the list of the top 15 cities people move to, there were only 6 cities experiencing growth – more people moving into the metropolitan region than out – were San Jose, Charlotte, Houston, Seattle, Dallas and Phoenix.

The cities experiencing the biggest moving deficit (more people moving out than in) were St. Louis, Chicago, New York and Boston.

(data from United Van Lines Press Release September 06, 2012 10:03 AM)