Where the American Population is moving

[James Park]

Population growth, job growth, demographics, and income are all very important when an investor is deciding on which market they want enter for a buy and hold strategy. Below is the data from 2010 - 2014 population growth by region, state, and at a city level. Florida is now the third largest most populous state (recently surpassing New York) in the country after California and Texas. Clearly the largest population growth is taking place in the south. Georgia has the 4 largest net inflow of 409,60 after Texas, California, and Florida.

[Allen Clark]

The interesting thing for me is the trend toward urban. In Seattle, it seems that the people coming into the city that are in their 20s want to be walking distance to downtown and live in an interesting neighborhood. Couple that with strong tech based salaries and rents are soaring in the city. I would love to see some demographic research data that dives into housing preference ie urban vs suburban.