# I was also wondering... how many Americans are moving each year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Landlord Questions\ **Created:** [June 6, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117 "2019-06-06T15:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JPlandlord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@JPlandlord](https://community.avail.com/u/JPlandlord)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/1 "2019-06-06T15:44:01Z")
How many Americans are moving each year? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![BobPleau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@BobPleau](https://community.avail.com/u/BobPleau)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/2 "2019-06-07T19:53:24Z")
Well I did see an article about this in USA Today actually; “Each year, roughly 40 million **Americans** , or about 14 percent of the U.S. population, **move** at least once” - this is from 2018 though. Here’s the link: [Population migration patterns: Cities Americans are flocking to](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/07/05/cities-americans-growing-population-migration/35801343/) ---
**Author:** ![Rwiesand](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.avail.com/rwiesand/32/192_2.png) [@Rwiesand](https://community.avail.com/u/Rwiesand)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/3 "2019-11-03T06:47:13Z")
WHAT? Americans moving? Like moving out of state? or moving where? or Americans vs. another nationality? What are you really asking? ---
**Author:** ![community.manager](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.avail.com/community.manager/32/1080_2.png) [@community.manager](https://community.avail.com/u/community.manager)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/4 "2019-11-05T22:53:42Z")
I think @JPlandlord is just trying to get a sense of how many people are moving from one residence to another on average every year (whether out of state or staying in the same state). Sometimes those numbers are tricky to pin down, especially given that census data is outdated and not only is the population growing but a lot of changes are happening across the board (some states are passing laws that might make it harder to be a rental owner but make it easier to rent). I’m sure a quick Google search might yield some basic results. ---
**Author:** ![KyleighLL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@KyleighLL](https://community.avail.com/u/KyleighLL)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/5 "2019-11-12T16:55:10Z")
Americans are moving every day. Top 10 states they’re moving to (in no particular order) - Oregon - Washington - Texas - Colorado - Nevada - Arizona - Tennessee - North Carolina - South Carolina - Florida > **[These are the top 10 states that people are moving to](https://www.businessinsider.com/us-states-people-are-moving-to-2019-5)** > > Retirement-friendly states like Florida and Arizona top the list of states that saw the largest influx in population between 2016 and 2017. ---
**Author:** ![KyleighLL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@KyleighLL](https://community.avail.com/u/KyleighLL)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/6 "2019-11-12T16:55:46Z")
If you’re trying to gauge where to buy your next investment property, just ask that. I think there are some great opportunities in places like Austin, TX. ---
**Author:** ![Rwiesand](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.avail.com/rwiesand/32/192_2.png) [@Rwiesand](https://community.avail.com/u/Rwiesand)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/7 "2019-11-19T21:49:31Z")
The question is not clear. why just “AMERICANS?” vs. other nationalities? Moving within the state or in or out of the country? What is this question inferring? ---
**Author:** ![Matthew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.avail.com/matthew/32/137_2.png) [@Matthew](https://community.avail.com/u/Matthew)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/8 "2019-12-11T02:30:45Z")
@Rwiesand I agree this question is a little confusing. I do think it just means how many people are moving per year in the USA. It could have been phrased more eloquently. ---
**Author:** ![bkey1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bkey1970](https://community.avail.com/u/bkey1970)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/9 "2020-01-25T11:46:15Z")
Considering how often the military moves people around, moving numbers have got to be insanely high. ---
**Author:** ![community.manager](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.avail.com/community.manager/32/1080_2.png) [@community.manager](https://community.avail.com/u/community.manager)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/i-was-also-wondering-how-many-americans-are-moving-each-year/117/10 "2020-01-27T19:15:26Z")
This would be my assumption as well. Between that and the heightened trend of a “nomadic” lifestyle, my guess is those numbers will probably continue to grow. This is important for gauging possible market growth in certain areas and can be beneficial to those looking to get started in REI.