TAMPA – Tampa Bay is No. 16 on the checklist of High 20 cities individuals are leaving in 2025 – an inventory it has by no means been on earlier than, in response to a research completed by well-liked transferring and storage firm, PODS.
“Individuals are nonetheless transferring to Florida, however it’s now not the hotspot of years previous,” PODS notes.
Right here’s the checklist of the 20 cities with the best variety of 2025 move-outs, in response to PODS’ buyer knowledge.
- Los Angeles, CA
- Northern California (San Francisco space)
- South Florida (Miami space)
- Lengthy Island, NY (Serving components of NYC)
- San Diego, CA
- Central Jersey, NJ
- Chicago, IL
- Boston, MA
- Hudson Valley, NY
- Denver, CO
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Stockton-Modesto, CA
- Washington, DC
- Hartford, CT
- Tampa Bay, FL
- Fresno, CA
- Austin, TX
- Bakersfield, CA
- Philadelphia, PA
Why it’s best to care:
“It’s a considerably shocking shift contemplating Tampa Bay was just lately on our move-in checklist, however not completely surprising with the town’s vital inhabitants increase. Growth has been ongoing for almost a decade, costs have soared, site visitors has multiplied, and the growing threat from hurricanes have pushed each transplants and native residents to their limits,” in response to the research.
Native perspective:
This time of 12 months tends to be a reasonably busy time for All About Transferring Tampa Bay. However the Largo transferring firm has seen one thing new this 12 months.

“We all the time get much more out-of-state strikes round this time as a result of faculty’s out, however this 12 months is sort of double,” proprietor Melisia Diamond instructed FOX 13.
Diamond stated they’ve seen lots of people transferring out of “seaside areas.”
So the place are their crews serving to Floridians transfer to?
“North Carolina, South Carolina,” Diamond stated. “We’ve had numerous Texas as properly.”
That appears to help what PODS discovered when analyzing ongoing developments, too.
Listed below are the highest 20 cities with the best variety of 2025 move-ins, in response to PODS:
- Myrtle Seashore, SC/Wilmington, NC
- Ocala, FL
- Raleigh, NC
- Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Dallas-Fort Price, TX
- Charlotte, NC
- Boise, ID
- Knoxville, TN
- Nashville, TN
- Jacksonville, FL
- Chattanooga, TN
- Huntsville, AL
- Portland, ME
- Johnson Metropolis, TN
- Spokane, WA
- Atlanta, GA
- Greensboro, NC
- Asheville, NC
- San Antonio, TX
- Dover, DE
“Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee: These are the large hotspots now,” Bay Space actual property agent Jaime McKnight with Coldwell Banker stated. “I imply, an enormous inflow of individuals heading on the market.”
Native realtors instructed FOX 13 they’ve seen the development, too. In addition they added that there are many strikes taking place throughout the state as properly.
“Truthfully, you realize, you have obtained numerous sellers that, in the event that they do keep within the Florida market, they’re attempting to go to larger floor,” McKnight added.
Native consumers appear to be influenced by hurricanes.

“Primarily households we see — and older {couples} — are transferring extra inland,” Diamond instructed FOX 13.
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The Supply: Info for this story was gathered by FOX 13’s Ariel Plansecia.
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