In 2022, Americans continued the trend of moving to areas with lower population density for reasons ranging from family to career changes, according to a study by United Van Lines that examined state-to-state migration patterns.

Knowing where people are moving can help insurance agents and brokers provide advice on their clients' insurance needs, whether they're going to become homeowners or renters. Housing market booms can also signal where construction companies, and their vast insurance needs, are seeing the most demand.

According to Michael A. Stoll, economist and professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, the study shows that Americans are "now moving from bigger to smaller cities, mostly in the South, some in the West, but even an increase of migration to the Northeast, which has not been typical. We're also seeing younger millennials migrating to vibrant, metropolitan economies, like Washington, D.C. and Portland, Oregon."