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<p>Moving out of a city isn't new, but people are going more rural, a study found.Midwestern and southern states with smaller populations are attracting more residents.Some are choosing these states because they're less crowded.</p>
<p>Urban to suburban migration was a common theme during the pandemic, as remote-friendly opportunities opened up a new market for workers to stretch their legs.</p>
<p>Now, people are going even farther outside of the suburbs, particularly to rural states like Idaho and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-to-move-for-affordable-housing-tennessee-texas-2023-1" rel="noopener">Montana</a>, a new report says.</p>
<p>Smaller states mostly in the South and Midwest are experiencing higher net migration rates per 1,000 residents, according to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.storagecafe.com/blog/top-states-people-are-moving-to/" rel="noopener">report by StorageCafe</a> analyzing data from its sister division Yardi Matrix, as well as US Census data.</p>
<p>All 10 states on the list have populations under 8 million, according to Census estimates for 2022.</p>
<p>This recent crop of movers are motivated by factors outside of home prices and proximity to work — like lifestyle, Doug Ressler, the business intelligence manager at Yardi Matrix, told Insider.</p>
<p>"Montana, Idaho, and Vermont, you can see that in terms of lifestyle really lends itself — it's picturesque," he said. "And you don't have the larger cores and you don't have commute times."</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-to-move-for-affordable-housing-tennessee-texas-2023-1#1-clarksville-tennessee-10" rel="noopener">The Sunbelt has dominated</a> in attracting new residents, but those looking for wide-open spaces are also eyeing more northern states like Montana, Vermont, and Idaho — all places with populations below 2 million.</p>
<p>"People don't want to just exist in a place where they live, like an apartment or a home," Ressler said. "They really want more lifestyle advantages, leisure types of things like trails and hiking. That is really driving a lot of what we see in a lot of these less dense areas around the states."</p>
<p>Here are the 10 states that are leading the rankings in net migration, according to StorageCafe.</p>
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents:</strong> 9.63</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $80,792</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 2.7%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $167,039</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $979</p>
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<div class="slide-title">9. Tennessee</div>
<div class="slide-image">Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents:</strong> 9.91</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $89,538</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 3.2%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $232,630</p>
<p><strong>Average rent: </strong>$1,482</p>
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<div class="slide-title">8. North Dakota</div>
<div class="slide-image">Maah Daah Heytrail, North Dakota.
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents:</strong> 12.32</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $95,130</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 2.0%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $219,939</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $1,044</p>
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<div class="slide-title">7. Arizona</div>
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents:</strong> 12.49</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $99,518</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 3.5%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $330,065</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $1,611</p>
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<div class="slide-title">6. Nevada</div>
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents:</strong> 14.46</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $96,977</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate: </strong>5.4%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $371,642</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $1,512</p>
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<div class="slide-title">5. Maine</div>
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents:</strong> 15.07</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $98,701</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 2.4%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $251,469</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $1,852</p>
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<div class="slide-title">4. South Carolina</div>
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents: </strong>15.09</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $85,682</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 3.1%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $208,903</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $1,567</p>
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<div class="slide-title">3. Montana</div>
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents: </strong>17.91</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $94,510</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 2.4%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $319,228</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $1,578</p>
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<div class="slide-image">Sugarbush Ski Resort, Vermont.
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents:</strong> 23.99</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $99,485</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 1.9%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $270,708</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $1,903</p>
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<p><strong>Net migration per 1,000 residents:</strong> 24.54</p>
<p><strong>Average household income:</strong> $96,736</p>
<p><strong>Unemployment rate:</strong> 2.7%</p>
<p><strong>Median home value:</strong> $366,120</p>
<p><strong>Average rent:</strong> $1,595</p>
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Silver Creek, Idaho.
Karl Weatherly/Getty Images
Moving out of a city isn’t new, but people are going more rural, a study found.Midwestern and southern states with smaller populations are attracting more residents.Some are choosing these states because they’re less crowded.
Urban to suburban migration was a common theme during the pandemic, as remote-friendly opportunities opened up a new market for workers to stretch their legs.
Now, people are going even farther outside of the suburbs, particularly to rural states like Idaho and Montana, a new report says.
Smaller states mostly in the South and Midwest are experiencing higher net migration rates per 1,000 residents, according to a report by StorageCafe analyzing data from its sister division Yardi Matrix, as well as US Census data.
All 10 states on the list have populations under 8 million, according to Census estimates for 2022.
This recent crop of movers are motivated by factors outside of home prices and proximity to work — like lifestyle, Doug Ressler, the business intelligence manager at Yardi Matrix, told Insider.
“Montana, Idaho, and Vermont, you can see that in terms of lifestyle really lends itself — it’s picturesque,” he said. “And you don’t have the larger cores and you don’t have commute times.”
The Sunbelt has dominated in attracting new residents, but those looking for wide-open spaces are also eyeing more northern states like Montana, Vermont, and Idaho — all places with populations below 2 million.
“People don’t want to just exist in a place where they live, like an apartment or a home,” Ressler said. “They really want more lifestyle advantages, leisure types of things like trails and hiking. That is really driving a lot of what we see in a lot of these less dense areas around the states.”
Here are the 10 states that are leading the rankings in net migration, according to StorageCafe.
