Relocation guides
These guides cover 13 of the moves people actually make, sized with IRS migration data for 2022–23. The largest here is California to Texas at 44,417 households. Each guide shows what an origin-city home price buys at the destination, income and property taxes, and named neighborhoods.
Data verified October 11, 2026.
| Move | Households, 2022–23 | Top destination metros |
|---|---|---|
| California to Texas | 44,417 | Dallas (12,574 hh), Houston (8,381 hh), Austin (7,126 hh) |
| New York to Florida | 43,187 | Miami (13,449 hh), Orlando (5,388 hh), Tampa (5,284 hh) |
| California to Arizona | 28,402 | Phoenix (17,545 hh), Tucson (2,647 hh) |
| New York to Miami, FL | 17,217 | |
| New York to Philadelphia, PA | 17,010 | |
| California to Colorado | 14,044 | Denver (6,262 hh), Colorado Springs (2,162 hh), Boulder (983 hh) |
| Los Angeles to Las Vegas, NV | 7,816 | |
| New York to Orlando, FL | 6,562 | |
| Los Angeles to Phoenix, AZ | 5,909 | |
| Illinois to Tennessee | 5,141 | Nashville (1,277 hh), Memphis (301 hh), Knoxville (229 hh) |
| Seattle to Phoenix, AZ | 3,226 | |
| Chicago to Milwaukee, WI | 2,294 |
Source: IRS SOI U.S. Population Migration Data 2022–2023 (households = tax returns that changed address between filing years). A guide is published only when at least 1,000 households made the move.
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