--- title: Workers Are Moving to These 5 U.S. Cities More Than Anywhere Else description: Remote workers are the employees most likely to move to a new city, and Austin And San Francisco are attracting the most new workers. authors: - name: Adam Hardy role: Lead Data Reporter url: https://money.com/author/adam-hardy/ bio: Adam Hardy is a lead data journalist at Money, where he frequently reports on financial barriers that affect low-income Americans. Adam’s work has also appeared in Business Insider, Forbes, Nasdaq, The Penny Hoarder, Yahoo! Finance and more than a dozen local and regional newspapers. education: University of South Florida, BA, Magazine Journalism at_money_since: 2021 articles: 500 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - The Penny Hoarder - Forbes Advisor - Creative Loafing - The New York Times - The Washington Post - Bloomberg - Harvard Law School - The Federal Register - National Consumer Law Center - CBS News - Becker's Hospital Review - Business Insider - Mother Jones - The Week - Fortune - The Philadelphia Inquirer - National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NAFSAA) - Education Advisory Board (EAB) - The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) - This Morning with Gordon Deal - Empower - Reddit social: - https://www.x.com/hardyjournalism - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hardyjournalism/ editors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2023-02-13T13:00:31.000Z' modified: '2024-02-18T13:41:15.000Z' section: Business tags: - moving - News word_count: 526 canonical: https://money.com/workers-moving-cities-remote-work/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Two men carrying a wooden table into a moving van](https://img.money.com/2023/02/News-Millions-Move-New-States.jpg) Throughout the pandemic, remote work has granted some employees the luxury to move around the country — often to more affordable cities, into larger homes or both. Remote workers are expected to continue their migration in 2023, new data suggests, but the destinations are starting to change. ## What the research says While it may be surprising, Americans have actually been moving less frequently the past several years, according to the [National Association of Realtors](https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/economists-outlook/where-people-moved-in-2022). Unsurprisingly, Florida and Texas attracted the most out-of-state residents last year, while California, New York and Illinois lost the most people due to out-of-state moves. Of those who have moved recently or are considering a move this year, new data shows that remote workers are the ones leading the way: - Last year, 27% of fully remote workers and 31% of hybrid remote employees moved, compared to 17% of on-site workers, according to an Apartment List [survey](https://www.apartmentlist.com/research/remote-worker-migration-expected-to-persist-in-2023) of 6,000 U.S. workers. - Fully remote and hybrid workers were also far more likely to tell Apartment List that they are planning to move in 2023, indicating that the great migration of remote workers is going to continue. - 27% of on-site workers told Apartment List that they are planning to move in 2023 — whereas 36% of fully remote workers and 44% of hybrid workers said the same. ## Where workers are moving to and from Earlier in the pandemic, when many employees got their first taste of remote-work freedom, lots of them [fled major expensive cities](https://money.com/coronavirus-milliennials-homebuying-suburbs/) like New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle in favor of the suburbs or cheaper metros. - Data from the job site LinkedIn shows that dynamic is starting to change, and workers are beginning to leave smaller towns in favor of some of those very same cities that saw an exodus. - LinkedIn boasts nearly 200 million U.S. users and can track when they change jobs and move to different cities. It uses this data to compile migration reports. Here are the five cities where workers are fleeing, according to LinkedIn’s February 2023 workforce [report](https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/resources/linkedin-workforce-report-february-2023): 1. Wenatchee, Washington 2. College Station-Bryan, Texas 3. Tallahassee, Florida 4. Portland, Oregon 5. Springfield, Massachusetts And here’s where the most workers are moving: 1. Austin, Texas 2. San Francisco Bay Area, California 3. Seattle, Washington 4. Tampa Bay, Florida 5. Nashville, Tennessee Austin and Tampa have consistently seen an influx of new residents in recent years. What's notable is that some [cities that experienced population decreases](https://money.com/cities-homebuyers-fleeing-where-relocating/) in the recent past are quickly regaining workers. - For example, San Francisco was among the top 10 cities losing the most people in a [report](https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/resources/linkedin-workforce-report-february-2022) from LinkedIn in February 2022. One year later, it’s the No. 2 place gaining the most workers in the country. - What could be influencing the trend: The housing markets in San Francisco and Seattle have seen [the biggest price drops](https://money.com/cities-home-prices-dropped-2022/) recently, potentially luring back some remote workers who were fleeing the high cost of living. 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