{"id":463636,"date":"2026-10-12T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/463636\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:02:07","slug":"is-texas-a-popular-moving-destination-for-gen-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/463636\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Texas a popular moving destination for Gen Z?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 11 million Gen Z adults moved to either another state or Washington, D.C. in 2024, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lendingtree.com\/home\/mortgage\/gen-zers-moving-study\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">new data released by Lending Tree<\/a> on Monday, October 5. Using U.S. Census Bureau data, Lending Tree revealed nearly 24% of Gen Z adults relocated across state lines \u2014 but how many chose to call the Lone Star State home?<\/p>\n<p>Everything&#8217;s bigger in Texas, including its Gen Z appeal. The Lone Star State ranked No. 7 on Lending Tree&#8217;s analysis of the most popular states for young adults to move to, with nearly 158,000 Gen Zers moving in compared to around 147,000 moving out, garnering a new gain of more than 10,700 new young adults.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Southern states joined Texas among the top ranks, with South Carolina cinching the No. 1 spot with more than 60,000 newcomers and just over 37,000 departures for a net gain of nearly 23,000. On the flip side, Texas&#8217; West Coast rival, California, reported the highest net loss in the nation, with roughly 58,000 Gen Zers moving out of state in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When looking at move ins \u2014 and omitting move-out data \u2014 Texas did account for the largest volume of new residents, based on sheer figures. An estimated 157,869 new Gen Z residents called Texas home in 2024, besting California&#8217;s 128,718 newcomers during that same year.<\/p>\n<p>The complete Top 10, based on net gains, for new Gen Z residents included:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Approximately 11 million Gen Z adults moved to either another state or Washington, D.C. in 2024, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2321,820,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-463636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysarealestate","tag-mysastaff","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463636","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=463636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}