Florida is second in the nation for growth in 2016, according to the latest U-Haul migration trends report.
The Sunshine State up two spots from 2015 in the measure of year-over-year arrivals of one-way U-Haul truck rentals.
Departures dropped 1 percent last year while, arrivals accounted for 50.4 percent of U-Haul traffic in Florida in 2016.
Kissimmee tops the list in the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks followed by Brandon, Miami, Melbourne, Bradenton and Boca Raton.
In fact, Kissimmee is the No. 10 U-Haul U.S. Growth City for locations with a population of more than 50,000.
“Osceola County has been one of the fastest growing counties in the state. It’s funny because it was pretty rundown for some time, but it’s caught fire and we’re running with it. We are in the process of building a 70,000-square-foot store in Kissimmee.” said Rod Baldwin, U-Haul Company of Orlando president.
U-Haul intends to add more than 60 new independent businesses to its neighborhood dealer network in the Orlando area over the next two years.
Growth States are calculated by the net gain of one-way U-Haul truck rentals entering a state versus leaving a state during a calendar year with data from more than 1.7 million one-way truck rental transactions that occur annually.
While migration trends do not correlate directly to population or economic growth, U-Haul growth data is an effective gauge of how well cities are attracting and maintaining residents.
U-Haul 2016 U.S. Growth Cities
Population more than 50,000
1 Madison, Wis.
2 Austin, Texas
3 Boise, Idaho
4 San Francisco, Calif.
5 Manhattan, N.Y.
6 Redding, Calif.
7 Concord, Calif.
8 Olympia, Wash.
9 St. Paul, Minn.
10 Kissimmee, Fla.
U-Haul Top 10 Growth States 2016
10. Arkansas
9. Vermont
8. Louisiana
7. Idaho
6. Maine
5. Missouri
4. Wisconsin
3. Minnesota
2. Florida
1. U-haul is not releasing this information until February 3, 2017 - but data from the Texas Realtor Association shows Texas as the number one destination.
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