U-Haul has released its 2023 annual U-Haul Migration Trends report, and the Yellowhammer State ranks 22nd. This ranking is based on the percentage of people who move to the state using a one-way U-Haul facility. Last year, Alabama ranked 20th.
“Although one-way transactions in 2023 were below the record levels seen in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, we continued to see similar geographic trends from U-Haul customers moving interstate,” U-Haul President. JT Taylor said. “Migration to the Southeast and Southwest states remains very pronounced. Demand for one-way equipment from specific markets in the Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast mirrors what we have seen in recent migration cycles. Masu.
“Wherever DIY customers go in 2024 and whatever their mobility and self-storage needs, U-Haul has a solution.”
Here are the top five states with the most one-way U-Haul equipment movers over the past year.
- Texas (No. 1 growth rate state for the 6th time in 8 years)
- Florida (Top 4 states in growth rate for 9 consecutive years, No. 1 in 2019)
- north carolina
- south carolina
- tennessee
For the fourth year in a row, California had the highest net losses for one-way movers in the nation.
The U-Haul Growth Index calculates growth by each state's net gain (or loss) on one-way equipment from customer transactions in a calendar year, compiled from more than 2.5 million one-way U-Haul trucks, trailers, and U-Hauls. I am. The box moving container trade that occurs annually throughout the United States. Canada.
Austin Shipley is a staff writer at Yellowhammer News.
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