{"id":280097,"date":"2026-05-05T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/280097\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:52:08","slug":"texas-hill-country-town-named-hottest-u-s-zip-code-for-movers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/280097\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Hill Country town named hottest U.S. ZIP code for movers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Texas is home to plenty of sought-after spots for movers across the country \u2014 but did you know the Lone Star State&#8217;s Hill Country area harbors the &#8220;hottest&#8221; ZIP code in America?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to an April report from booking company MovingPlace, which names New Braunfels&#8217; 78130 ZIP code as the top destination for movers in March. To\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.movingplace.com\/moving-advice\/hottest-zip-codes-in-america\/april-2026#methodology\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">assemble<\/a> the reports, researchers glean data from moving software company <a href=\"https:\/\/porchgroup.com\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Porch Group<\/a>, which &#8220;tracks detailed move information, including origin and destination ZIP codes, for millions of residential moves across the U.S. each year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Data shows that Texas takes the cake as the nation&#8217;s most popular moving destination, claiming five of the top 10 spots on the report&#8217;s &#8220;Total Move Volume&#8221; list.<\/p>\n<p>New\u00a0Braunfels landed in first place with a total of 281 moves, while Cypress and Leander landed in second and third with 259 and 235 total moves, respectively. Pflugerville followed closely behind in sixth place with 229 total moves, while Forney settled in seventh place with a total of 227 moves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New Braunfels, which is home to a population of nearly 96,000 people, raked in praise for its affordability and convenient location between San Antonio and Austin: &#8220;New Braunfels, in the corridor between San Antonio and Austin along I-35, claims the top spot in total move volume this month with 281 moves,&#8221; the reports reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The city has been one of the fastest-growing in the U.S. for several years, driven by the area\u2019s employment, affordability relative to both Austin and San Antonio, and an expanding inventory of new-construction communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s no secret that Texas is home to plenty of sought-after spots for movers across the country \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-280097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}