Here Are The Top 10 Areas Detroit Residents Are Relocating To The Most

By Hannah DeRuyter

August 25, 2021

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A lot of residents in major cities are deciding to relocate to other areas across the United States. Some are moving for various reasons, like a job, the cost of living, or just wanting a change of scenery.

Stacker released a list of the top 50 places Detroit residents are relocating to and the results might surprise you.

To find where Detroit residents are moving to the most, Stacker used data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The metro areas are ranked by "the estimated number of people who moved to the metro from Detroit between 2014 and 2018."

According to the report, a lot of Detroit residents aren't moving too far from the city. In fact, the top four places they are moving to are still within Michigan's state lines. However, there are a few states that many Detroit residents moved to, like Florida, California, and Ohio.

So, where are the top 10 places Detroit residents have relocated to?

  1. Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area
  2. Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area
  3. Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area
  4. Flint, MI Metro Area
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area
  6. Monroe, MI Metro Area
  7. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area
  8. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area
  9. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area

To see the full report, click here.

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