Report: Tampa Bay's population growth slows as cost of living rises

Tampa Bay’s net inflow in 2024 was less than one-third of what it was the year before, the “biggest slowdown in domestic migration” in the country.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:25 p.m. April 24, 2025
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Harbour Island in Tampa, Florida.
Harbour Island in Tampa, Florida.
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The number of people packing their bags and moving to Tampa Bay is slowing down.

According to a new report from Seattle real estate technology firm Redfin, the metro area saw a net inflow of just over 10,000 people last year compared with a 35,000-person net inflow the year before.

That was, Redfin says, “the biggest slowdown in domestic migration of the 50 most populous U.S. metros.”

 

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