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<\/a><\/a>\nIt\u2019s a mixed bag for the younger generations though, with a few prominent out-migration states like California and New York witnessing a welcome uptick in arrivals from Gen Z.<\/p>
\nIt\u2019s the busy summer moving season, when roughly half of all residential moves in the U.S. occur every year between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.<\/p>
\nU-Haul\u00ae<\/sup>, the industry leader in DIY moving and home of the 1-Year Storage Price Lock<\/a>, facilitates millions of one-way transactions annually through accessible, affordable mobility solutions.<\/p> \nAnalyzing 52 weeks of customer moves including the first six months of 2026, U-Haul data indicates the renter\u2019s generation, or stage of life, plays a vital role in where their moving truck, trailer, or U-Box\u00ae<\/sup> moving container is going.<\/p> \nSorting by generation groups and based on each state\u2019s net gain or loss of one-way U-Haul equipment from July 2025 through June 2026, the data shows:<\/p> \nVisit the U-Haul Growth Index site<\/a> for midyear migration trends summaries on every major U.S. metro with a population greater than 1 million (per the U.S. Census) to see where each age group in those markets is moving in 2026.<\/p> \nHere is a further breakdown of generational relocations on a national scale:<\/p> \nBOOMERS (born 1946-64)<\/b><\/p> \nTop U-Haul net-gain states (July 2025-June 2026)<\/span><\/p> \nTop U-Haul net-gain metros (July 2025-June 2026)<\/span><\/p> \nGEN X (born 1965-80)<\/b><\/p> \nTop U-Haul net-gain states (July 2025-June 2026)<\/span><\/p> \nTop U-Haul net-gain metros (July 2025-June 2026)<\/span><\/p> \nMILLENNIALS (born 1981-96)<\/b><\/p> \nTop U-Haul net-gain states (July 2025-June 2026)<\/span><\/p> \nTop U-Haul net-gain metros (July 2025-June 2026)<\/span><\/p> \nGEN Z (born 1997-2012*)<\/b><\/p> \nTop U-Haul net-gain states (July 2025-June 2026)<\/span><\/p> \nTop U-Haul net-gain metros (July 2025-June 2026)<\/span><\/p> \n* Customers must be 18 to rent a U-Haul truck and 16 to rent a U-Haul trailer<\/i><\/p> \nFlorida is the lone state with a top-10 net gain among all four generations. Texas ranks very high for everyone but Boomers, while Idaho makes it on three lists.<\/p> \nMillennials account for the most one-way U-Haul transactions, followed closely by Gen X. Those generations total more than 60% of rentals.<\/p> \nMetro areas like College Station, Gainesville, Lubbock, Lexington, Tallahassee, Manhattan (Kan.), Champaign, Madison, and Baton Rouge show sizeable gains among Gen X contract holders, indicating many parents help their university-bound children move.<\/p> \nCheck back at year\u2019s end for the eagerly awaited U-Haul Growth Index reports and rankings identifying the top growth states, metros and cities of 2026.<\/p> \nFind the 2025 recap and more U-Haul migration trends reports and rankings at uhaul.com\/about\/migration<\/a>.<\/p> \nAbout U-HAUL<\/b><\/p> \nFounded in 1945, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more than 25,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24\/7 to access trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their smartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers\u2019 patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 204,800 trucks, 136,600 trailers and 42,000 towing devices. U-Haul, which offers rate transparency to self-storage customers through its 1-Year Price Lock, is the third largest storage operator in North America with 1,136,000 rentable storage units and 99 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of propane in the U.S. and the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. Get the U-Haul app from the <\/i>App Store<\/i><\/a> or <\/i>Google Play<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p> \nJeff Lockridge\n Boomers and Gen X are moving to the Southeast, while Millennials and Gen Z may be helping curb California\u2019s exodusPHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#california–It\u2019s crystal clear where the older generations are moving so far in 2026: southern destinations.\n
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