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Top 5 States Where Retirees Are Moving

South Carolina gained on Florida as retirement relocations took a big jump in 2023

Older Americans are on the move, and they’re still making Florida their number-one stop.

More than 338,000 U.S. residents retired to a new home in 2023, a 44 percent jump from 2022 and the highest number in three years, according to a new report on migration trends from online moving-services marketplace Hire A Helper.

Where retirees are going to (and leaving from)

These five states drew the largest percentage of interstate moves by retirees in 2023:

Florida (11.1% of all inbound moves)

South Carolina (10%)

New Jersey (6%)

Texas (5.8%)

Washington (5.3%)

And these five were the most frequently exited:

California (18.3% of all outbound moves)

New York (11.4%)

Virginia (6.5%)

Ohio (4.9%)

Pennsylvania (4.8%)

Source: Hire A Helper, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey and its Annual Social and Economic Supplements for 2023.

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