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New data from MagnifyMoney looks at the cities where the most American families with children are choosing to leave.
Some of the biggest and most expensive US cities like New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago took the top spots, with over 20,000 families leaving each city between 2016 and 2017.
However, other smaller cities also found families leaving, like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The number of families moving away says a lot about a city. In these 25 US cities, families are choosing to move elsewhere, according to new data collected by MagnifyMoney.
Looking at US Census bureau migration records for 2016 and 2017, the cities were ranked by the net mobility, or the number of families moving out minus the number of families moving in. For the purpose of this list, MagnifyMoney only considered households with children under the age of 18.
The cities with the highest population moving out were large cities including New York and Los Angeles. However, smaller cities also lost more families than they gained, with places like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charleston, South Carolina; and St. Louis, Missouri all losing a few thousand families over the course of the year.
These 25 cities lost the most families between 2016 and 2017:
Over 1,500 families left Fort Collins, Colorado between 2016 and 2017, and rising costs of living there might be pushing some families to relocate.
Number of families that left: 1,565
Net loss of families: 1,060
24. Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee saw quite a few families leave, despite fairly affordable housing and costs of living.
Number of families that left: 3,581
Net loss of families: 1,074
23. New Orleans, Louisiana
Well over 2,000 families left the Big Easy between 2016 and 2017.
Number of families that left: 2,772
Net loss of families: 1,080
22. Salisbury, Maryland
Salisbury, Connecticut had many residents leave between 2016 and 2017.
Number of families that left: 1,801
Net loss of families: 1,119
21. Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky also lost quite a few families this year, despite being relatively affordable.
Number of families that left: 3,411
Net loss of families: 1,142
20. Amarillo, Texas
Quite a few families decided to leave Amarillo, Texas for other cities.
Number of families that left: 2,199
Net loss of families: 1,227
19. St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis might have relatively low housing costs, but families are still leaving by the thousands. That said, over 5,700 families moved to St. Louis in the same time period.
Number of families that left: 7,052
Net loss of families: 1,301
18. Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine doesn't have quite as many people leaving as St. Louis, but it certainly has fewer moving in, making for a higher net loss.
