Where Are Millennials Moving?

Meyers Research, which studies housing markets, asked Millennials where they wanted to move to. Their top five choices were Denver, Portland, Seattle, Washington, DC, and New York City.

By any measure, Millennials and other Americans are mainly moving to sprawling areas such as Dallas and Houston, which are both affordable and full of job opportunities. Photo by Carol Highsmith.

Then Meyers asked where should Millennials want to live, based on the factors millennials said were most important: job opportunities, affordability, and lifestyle. The answers were Dallas, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, and Orlando. Although Denver and Seattle were both in the top ten, neither of the top-five lists had any cities in common. Continue reading