Madison and Milwaukee are both included in U-Haul’s annual “growth cities” list of the top 25 cities in the U.S. in terms of net migration for do-it-yourself movers.
Madison ranked 5th on the 2020 U-Haul net migration list and Milwaukee ranked 13th. Neither city was included in U-Haul’s 2019 list, but Madison ranked 9th in the 2018 list.
Growth cities are calculated by the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks entering a city versus leaving that city in a calendar year. The company says its migration trends data is compiled from more than 2 million annual U-Haul truck customer transactions. Neighboring cities in certain markets are packaged together for U-Haul migration purposes, the company says.
Phoenix-based U-Haul has a network of 22,000 locations in the U.S. and Canada with a fleet of 176,000 trucks, 127,000 trailers and 41,000 towing devices.
Madison and Milwaukee are two of the few Midwest cities on the U-Haul list of top cities for net migration. The list is dominated by cities in warm weather states, especially Florida which has 5 cities on the list. The Southeast region has 13 cities on the list, which the Midwest only has 3.
Here’s the full 2020 U-Haul list of its top 25 U.S. growth cities:
- North Port, Florida
- Kissimmee, Florida
- Port St. Lucie, Florida
- Auburn-Opelika, Alabama
- Madison
- Ocala, Florida
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Surprise, Arizona
- St. George, Utah
- Tyler, Texas
- Sacramento-Roseville, California
- Johnson City-Kingsport, Tennessee
- Milwaukee
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Huntsville, Alabama
- Redding, California
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Athens, Georgia
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Edmond, Oklahoma
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Augusta, Georgia
- Melbourne, Florida
- Conroe, Texas
- Fort Collins, Colorado
