Where do transplants from Phoenix move from? (Surprise: insurance, home)

[NYC1DAY]

I have visited Phoenix a couple of times in the past couple of years to see family and the city is a place that is on my list to possibly live one day

My family told me that a lot of the people that live in Phoenix move from LA and California in general. Is this true?

I dont really believe them just because they are in their mid 60's and are not exactly up to date with the young professional crowd

If not then where would you consider most of the transplants that live in Phoenix to be from?

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

The majority of my family has moved to the area from Southern California. We bought a home but had no job for me. Now we are buying another home in California where my job is.

[NYC1DAY]

Originally Posted by SOON2BNSURPRISE

The majority of my family has moved to the area from Southern California. We bought a home but had no job for me. Now we are buying another home in California where my job is.

Its hard for me to know on my own if Phoenix has a LA/California vibe because I have never been there

[Ponderosa]

The largest group of transplants in the Phoenix area is from California. After that it is midwesterners. You do meet people from everywhere in significant numbers though.

[roundball]

On my street we have 2 couples from NY, 3-4 from the NorthWest, 1 from Iowa, 2 from ND, 2 from IL, 1 from CA, and 3 from AZ

[MotleyCrew]

We moved from CA but most of the people we run across here in Vistancia seem to be from NJ, PA, NY or the midwest area.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by MotleyCrew

We moved from CA but most of the people we run across here in Vistancia seem to be from NJ, PA, NY or the midwest area.

Vistancia is new and your post reflects my observation that it seems like there are a lot more newbies around here from the northeast than there used to be. Maybe with the hurricanes, insurances, taxes, overpopulation and such in Florida of late, some that normally would go there in search of sun are choosing Phoenix. I see a lot of NE plates dropping kids at the local schools - something that was not as frequent in years past. Maybe their housing is still selling up that way and they can get out while people in Cali, like us, are stuck.

[Ponderosa]

Here's some info from the US Census:


Migration efficiency is defined as the ratio of in-migration to out-migration. Nevada had the highest ratio with two in-migrants for every out-migrant. Arizona ranked second with a ratio of 1.66: five in-migrants for every three out-migrants. Only six other states had efficiencies of at least 1.25 (five in, four out): North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee and Colorado.

More than 186,000 Californians moved to Arizona over the five years, the fourth highest state-to-state migration flow in the country. (More than 92,000 moved from Arizona to California.) The largest net flows were New York to Florida (more than 300,000), New York to New Jersey (207,000), and California to Nevada (199,000). Arizona's migration flows with New York were among the most efficient in the nation. More than 31,000 moved from New York to Arizona while less than 10,000 moved the other direction.

Arizona received a net inflow of 93,700 from California between 1995 and 2000 (30 percent of the total). Illinois provided the second greatest number with 32,700, followed by New York (21,800) and Washington (17,300). These four states accounted for more than half of Arizona's net migration. Except New Mexico, the other top 10 sources border one of the Great Lakes: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Arizona experienced net out-migration to only three states: less than 1,000 each to Georgia and Arkansas, and more than 4,000 to Nevada.

[ArizonaBear]

Moved to Arizona in 1989 from SoCal here as well. Originally from Wash DC but left there in 1978.

[awf82]

I moved here from Green Bay WI.