09/14/2026
Maine. Montana. South Dakota. Not what anyone guesses. š
The top 10 states people are moving to in 2026, so far:
1. South Carolina
2. Idaho
3. Florida
4. South Dakota
5. North Carolina
6. Arkansas
7. Montana
8. Tennessee
9. Alabama
10. Maine
South Carolina at number one is not the surprise, it has held the top spot six years running. The surprise is the northern half of that list. Cold states, small states, and three of them in the top ten.
Florida is the other story. Its ratio jumped 35 points since last year, which puts it back near the top after a quiet stretch.
One caveat worth saying out loud: this measures where people are searching to move, not completed moves, and it ranks by ratio rather than raw numbers. Texas takes more actual movers than most of this list, it just isnāt growing as fast relative to its size.
The bigger point: national numbers almost never describe your street. What is happening in Wisconsin is its own thing entirely, and it is usually more interesting than the map.
Source: moveBuddha 2026 Moving Trends Report, based on searches from the first six months of 2026.
