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January 10, 2021: a reader responds --
I've rented a U-Haul numerous times to haul stuff from ND to NM. I didn't change addresses or households - I just inherited a lot of stuff over the years. I've never used United Van lines. So, another "bump" in the numbers is that you'll see higher U-Haul numbers to states where someone already has a house. In addition, see this reader's much longer note.
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Re-locations: tracked here.
Annual U-Haul report (2020 data):
- Tennessee: largest net gain; #1 in 2020; up from #12 the previous year;
- Texas: for three consecutive years, Texas had the largest net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks before Florida displaced it for the number one spot last year;
- Florida: #3 in 2020 (#1 in 2019)
- rounding out the top ten (previous year);
- Ohio, #4 (7)
- Arizona, #5 (20)
- Colorado, #6 (42)
- Missouri, #7 (13)
- Nevada, #8 (24)
- North Carolina, #9 (3)
- Georgia, #10 (16)
HOW COINCIDENTAL: on same evening I get the story above, sent to me by a reader, my Carpe Diem subscription sent me this: United Van Lines' top ten inbound vs top 10 outbound US states in 2020. I haven't looked at this yet. Let's see how it compares with the U-Haul report above.
Top ten inbound:
- Idaho
- South Carolina
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Arizona
- North Caroline
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Florida
- Arkansas
Top ten outbound:
- New Jersey
- New York
- Illinois
- Connecticut
- California
- Kansas
- North Dakota
- Massachusetts
- Ohio
- Maryland
This jumps out at me:
- on the U-Haul list, Texas is consistently in the top two (for the past five years)
- on the United Van Lines list, Texas is not even among the top ten
- this suggests to me that lower income -- those who cannot afford a professional mover -- are larger group of those moving to Texas than to other states, like Tennessee or Florida.
younger Movers will rent U-haul , move themselves. Seniors hire it Moved. don
ReplyDeleteI found the dichotomy between the U-Haul list and the United Van Lines list very, very interesting. As an "In-bound state," Texas was on the U-Haul (top two for past five years) and didn't even show up among the top ten in the United Van Lines list. In my apartment complex, I see an average of a "U-Haul" move once a week. I see a "United Van Lines" move maybe once every six months, if that. Our apartment complex has very, very few millenials; mostly young families with one to two children; and a lot of retirees.
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