Nationwide in 2024, 39% of Apartment List users searched for their next rental in a new metropolitan area, while 25% considered a new state entirely, according to Apartment List’s annual renter migration study.
Researchers say this data highlights strong migration channels out of expensive states, particularly along the coasts, to more affordable ones, particularly in the southeast and Mountain West, a trend that emerged early in the COVID-19 pandemic and has remained steady to this day.
Of renters moving to Salt Lake City, the highest percentage, 14.3%, are coming from Provo, according to the report. That number is followed by 11.8% from Ogden, and 4.8% from Denver.
On the flip side, of the renters who are leaving Salt Lake City, 21.8% are choosing to move to Ogden, 21.3% to Provo, and 9.6% to Boise City.
Renter-Migration Patterns Settling Down After Covid
The Apartment List report says since the COVID-19 pandemic, developments in remote work, housing affordability, and local economic growth/decline have shifted American migration patterns.
“Most notably, there have been outflows from some of the nation’s largest and most-expensive housing markets to more-affordable and less-densely populated ones. Overall migration has slowed somewhat, as have long-distance moves to a new state or a new metropolitan area,” the company’s researchers write.
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