A new report from MoveBuddha, a go-to platform for planning long-distance moves, reveals that Florida’s migration patterns are shifting in 2025, highlighting a statewide reshuffling as residents rethink their zip codes post-pandemic.
The moving company looked at data analyzing from January 1, 2025, to June 1, 2025, to spot the top areas where Floridians where moving from one part of the state to another..
While Florida still gains more new residents than it loses (1.1 inbound for every outbound), growth has flattened, and high costs, worsening storms, and rising insurance rates are leading many to trade coasts for central cities or even to leave the state altogether.
Key insights from the report:
Orlando is the #1 destination for in-state movers, attracting 60% more inbound moves than Jacksonville, and 87% more than Tampa.
Central Florida’s major tech and entertainment hub attracts
Miami to Orlando is the most popular in-state move route in 2025, showing a shift from coastal to central Florida.
Kissimmee has the highest move-in-to-move-out ratio of any city in Florida—drawing more than 3x the number of moves in than out.
Ocala, The Villages, and Wesley Chapel are emerging as hotspots, attracting more inbound moves relative to their size than major metropolitan areas.
Hialeah ranks last for inbound moves, suggesting low newcomer interest despite being one of the state’s largest cities.
Jacksonville residents are most likely to move within their own city, but on a per capita basis, Orlando has the “stickiest” population.
Tallahassee has the highest in-state outflow rate, losing 10 residents per 100K to other Florida cities.
Hialeah is the least likely destination for inter-Floridian moves. With the fewest inbound move requests among Florida’s 20 largest cities, it’s a city where people tend to stay, rather than move to, with just 1.36 moves per 100,000 residents.
Floridians Who Leave are Heading to North Carolina, followed by these states:
Texas
New York
Georgia
California
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Illinois
South Carolina
