On the move: City a top draw for urban transplants

Tampa ranks among the top U.S. metro areas for net migration.

By Business Observer Staff
| 6:00 a.m. November 15, 2019
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File. Tampa continues to be a big draw for residents in other major U.S. metro areas.

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As more and more people relocate to the Tampa Bay region, real estate analysts continue to go beyond the numbers in order to delve into who’s on the move and, crucially, why.

One of the latest nuggets: The Tampa Metropolitan Statistical Area is one of the top destinations for people moving from other metropolitan statistical areas. Using the latest U.S. census data released in August, Commercial Café, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based commercial real estate blog, found that with 17,603 new residents arriving from other MSAs between 2013 and 2017, Tampa ranks No. 10 in terms of net migration.