More People Moving Out Of CT Than Almost Any Other State, Study Says

CONNECTICUT — Connecticut may rank as the No. 41 growth state in an analysis by moving company U-Haul but there is good news: The Constitution State is up one whole spot from last year.

U-Haul customers coming to Connecticut accounted for 48.4 percent of all one-way traffic in and out of the state last year. This is compared to 51.6 percent of people leaving the state.

Compared to the previous year, arrivals fell 3 percent and departures fell 2 percent. U-Haul said that overall moving traffic slowed in 2024.

Despite the generally negative results, Connecticut does have "notable leading growth cities," according to U-Haul. Those include Bristol, Colchester, Groton, Guilford, Hamden, Manchester, New London, Norwich, Pawcatuck, and Windsor Locks.

Nationally, South Carolina climbed three spots to dethrone Texas as the No. 1 growth state.

North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee round out the top five growth states for 2024.

On the flip side of the coin, California ranked dead last. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania round out the bottom five.

“State-to-state transactions from the past year reaffirm customer tendencies that have been pronounced for some time,” John “J.T.” Taylor, U-Haul International president, said in a statement. “Migration to the Southeast and Southwest continues as families gauge their cost of living, job opportunities, quality of life and other factors that go into relocating to a new state. Out-migration remains prevalent for a number of markets across the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast — and particularly California."

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