UHaul Index - Mad Rush Out Of California?

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                                              *** Last Updated : Aug 19, 2006



      Below, I have tabulated the cost of renting a Uhaul truck one way from the four 
   major population centres of California, to other cities out of California. And also
   the other way around.

      The higher the disparity between From and To costs between a pair of cities. More 
   people are moving From, as compared to those who are moving To. 

      Higher demand higher prices, lower demand lower prices. In other words the 
   disparity represents the cost of repositioning (empty) trucks. When there is not
   enough customer demand to drive back the trucks to where they came from.

      It is easy to see that Californians are moving out to places where housing is much
   cheaper. Boise, Billing, Nashville, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas, 
   Portland, Albuquerque,  Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Little Rock, 
   Denver and Raleigh appear to be the favorite destinations.

      The From and To costs are pretty comparable for cities where housing is expensive.
   Boston, New York City, Washington DC and Miami are at the bottom of the list.

      All quotes are for a 26' truck, for a pick up date of 8/24/2006.
San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Sacramento
To From To From To From To From
San Francisco - - 462 378 558 609 185 345
Los Angeles 378 462 - - 195 382 202 462
San Diego 609 558 382 195 - - 423 558
Sacramento 345 185 462 202 558 423 - -
Albuquerque 2277 716 2211 589 2277 1103 1863 716
Atlanta 5419 664 5387 604 4211 1018 3862 664
Billings 2434 199 3156 199 2069 1176 1893 199
Boise 2557 199 5103 199 3325 923 1953 199
Boston 3101 2134 3175 2721 2073 4520 2222 2674
Chicago 2429 980 3304 1237 1688 2006 1777 1175
Dallas 2972 642 3389 642 1690 1180 2464 750
Denver 3666 597 3505 419 1505 935 2643 456
Detroit 2546 2246 2794 2144 1711 4144 1909 2246
Houston 3049 800 3618 820 1773 1615 2020 842
Las Vegas 757 313 638 226 558 348 304 348
Little Rock 3249 938 3512 857 1837 1543 2045 1543
Miami 2490 2380 2591 2815 1443 4544 1880 3140
Minneapolis 3320 830 3792 1049 2034 1708 2045 1499
Nashville 4685 824 5992 748 3886 1410 3594 843
New York City 3023 2331 3214 2818 1968 4475 2073 2794
Oklahoma City 2456 788 2794 704 1824 1132 2037 799
Phoenix 1669 131 686 131 590 131 1154 186
Portland 1483 199 2078 199 1438 199 1528 199
Raleigh 3557 1223 3701 1106 2371 1991 2439 1190
Salt Lake City 2592 406 3272 406 1484 858 1675 344
Seattle 1648 353 2078 353 1278 365 1699 491
St. Louis 2656 955 2912 1098 1457 1913 1636 1090
Tampa 2795 2137 2994 2083 1793 3235 2129 2846
Washington DC 2860 1968 3064 2398 1876 3808 2014 2271 

      		
    

    

      
        

        And this from the Census Bureau. The number of people moving out of California 
     increased from 20K in 2000, to 240K in 2005. A twelve fold increase.



        

          

            Year
            2000
            2001
            2002
            2003
            2004
            2005
          

          

            California Population
            34,002,756
            34,526,660
            34,988,088
            35,456,602
            35,842,038
            36,132,147
          

          

            Internal Migration
            -19,226
            -46,576
            -108,395
            -95,361
            -155,485
            -239,417
          

          

            International Migration
            75,079
            288,984
            290,743
            276,570
            251,803
            232,700
          

          

            Births
            127,675
            525,203
            521,005
            531,387
            539,075
            537,194
          

          

            Deaths
            53,133
            230,566
            231,615
            232,338
            237,361
            239,414
          

        
The UHaul Index tells where people might be moving, but not their numbers. Follow this link to get an idea on the numbers.
      		
    

    

      
        
      
    

    

      
        
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