North Carolina City Named Best To Move To in 2024

I have to tell you, the thought of moving to a different city fills me with both excitement and fear. But more and more people are considering 2024 the year to move. This North Carolina city named best to move to this year. Maybe you are looking for a more flexible job opportunity. Or maybe you simply want a change of scenery. Lucky for us in North Carolina, this city ticks off just about all the boxes.

The website, forbes.com did the leg work for people looking for that big change in life. They took a look at cities based on these criteria. Our source, forbes.com, based their findings on housing costs and cost of living. They also examined crime rates, air quality, median income and also entertainment and cultural opportunities among other things. Ready to pack up? If you live in the Charlotte area, you won't have to go but a few hours away.

Forbes found 5 American cities they consider the best cities to move to in 2024. Ready to pack? Proud to say this North Carolina city  named best to move to came in #2. Raleigh, North Carolina scored 83.12 out of 100 based on Forbes point system.

Raleigh offers "a lot". Not to mention North Carolina State University just made the top 4 nationally for men's basketball. That accolade focused a spot light on the Tar Heel State's capitol. The median family income in Raleigh is 81,000 and the employment rate is sky high at 97%. This North Carolina city named best to move to in 2024.

If you love sunny days, Raleigh is an attractive place to move to. According to Forbes, the city has 109 sunny days per year. Average monthly housing costs are comparatively low at $1,446. The crime rate is 29 per 1,000 residents. But the secret is out about how great Raleigh is. Net migration to the city from 2016-202 was 14,919. The #1 best city to move to in 2024 is Omaha, Nebraska.

Everywhere you look it seems like new homes are popping up. They take a lot that had one home on it and suddenly there is a whole new street and neighborhood. Take a drive around Charlotte in Southend and it's incessant with new apartments being built. While this growth is obviously wonderful for the economy, it's not great for traffic! And as many as they are building it's still not enough. The real estate market in Charlotte is showing no signs of slowing down. The experts at Construction Coverage recently conducted research on the cities that are showing building the most new homes. And two North Carolina cities made the top 10 with the most new homes nationwide. These rankings are among major metros.

So how were these rankings compiled? According to Construction Coverage, researchers first analyzed the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Zillow. From there researchers ranked metro areas "according to the number of new housing units authorized per 1,000 existing homes in 2022." If there was a tie, "the metro with higher total new housing units authorized in 2022 was ranked higher."

In addition to North Carolina, Florida and Texas were well represented on this list. A city that's growth has seemingly paralleled Charlotte (but in a neighboring state) also ranked in the top 5.  This research also was applied to small and medium metro areas as well and a few North and South Carolina metros made those lists. Below you'll find the top large metros and some details about why they ranked where they did. And the end you can find a list of the other North and South Carolina small/medium metros and where they ranked for new homes built. The research also went deeper into trends, shortages, and more. You can read the full study and rankings here.

Charlotte ranks number 8 on this list with 23.9 new housing units authorized per existing 1,000 homes. In 2022 the Charlotte Metro Area built 27,212 new homes. The median home price in the region is $369,590.

The median home price in Orlando is $388,191. In 2022 28,638 new homes were constructed. And 25.7 new housing units were authorized per 1,000 existing homes.

Coming in at number 6 with a whopping 77,894 new housing units authorized in 2022 is the Dallas region. There were 25.8 new units authorized per 1,000 existing homes. And the median price? $376,026.

Staying in Texas to crack the top 5 with the Houston Metro. A much lower median home price of just $306,423. 75,728 new housing units were approved with is 66.8 per 1,000 existing units.

Our second Florida city on this list is Jacksonville with a median home price of $355,024. There were 32.6 new housing units approved per 1,000 existing which comes to a total of 23,169.

Coming in at number three is a city that's growth has seemed to parallel Charlotte's a lot. Nashville has one of the highest median home prices at $436,866. 28,192 new units were authorized in 2022, which is 32.8 per 1,000 existing,

If it wasn't Charlotte, well you knew it had to be our state's capital city. The median home price in this area is surprisingly higher than Charlotte at $433,469. 36.2 new units were approved in 2022 per 1,000 existing which equated to 21,568 new units.

And Austin Texas takes the title with 42,364 new homes approved which is 42.5 per 1,000 existing. These homes will run buyers a median price of $487,537. Is it too late to get involved in the Austin real estate market?

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