A Yelp report on search data and business listings show people were moving to midwestern...
The sunrises behind the Houston skyline as residents wake up to below freezing temperatures on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022 in Houston.The data gurus at Yelp analyzed its website searches and business listings from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and found a curious trend, a growing interest in midwestern and southern states, including Texas.
The share of Yelp searches from Texas increased from 2019 to 2022 during the pandemic, suggesting more people moved to Texas during that time, according to a February Yelp report.Some of the biggest losers were coastal cities like New York, San Francisco, and Beverly Hills. Yelp reported that the geographic shift in its website and app searches underscored other data that showed migration away from coastal cities to lower cost of living states, chiefly in the South and Midwest.
Census data indicates Houston gained 69,000 residents in the pandemic’s first year. Following Dallas and Phoenix, the Houston metro area had gained the most residents.In 2021, the U.S. Census' five-year estimates show the number of people working from home is increasing,Yelp’s recent analysis saw big increases in the share of searches by Texas cities: San Antonio and Austin . Florida cities like Tallahassee and St. Petersburg saw similar increases.
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