Why millennial are choosing to flock to these 11 cities

Sean Dowling

New York is so yesterday with millennials. Rent is too high and job competition is too fierce, instead, they’re saving money and flocking to these 11 cities.

Business Insider crunched the numbers with data from real estate and personal finance companies SmartAsset and RCLCO. The city that gained more millennials than any other West Coast City in 2015 is New Orleans, LA.

One of the fastest-growing cities for millennials based on research from the Urban Land Institute is Austin, TX. The millennial population grew 6.6% in 5 years. The university and SXSW festival certainly help. Around 7,500 more millennials moved to Oakland, CA in 2015 than left the city.

Here’s the full list of 11 cities with booming millennial populations:

  1. Charlotte, NC

  2. Seattle, WA

  3. Oakland, CA

  4. Norfolk-Virginia Beach, VA

  5. Fargo, ND

  6. New orleans, LA

  7. Memphis, TN

  8. Austin, TX

  9. Pittsburgh, PA

  10. Athens, OH

  11. Owensboro, KY

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