SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) – While more people in San Diego County are leaving the area than moving to it, there are still people interested in moving to the area and buying homes.
Los Angeles homebuyers showed the most interest in moving to San Diego of any other major U.S. metro area, according to Redfin data
The number of residents who left San Diego County last year nearly doubled compared to the previous year
More than 11,000 people from Los Angeles searched for homes in San Diego between January and March. San Francisco was the second city on Redfin's list with more than 2,600 homebuyers expressing interest in San Diego, followed by Dallas with 1,122, New York City with 502 and Seattle with 494.
Redfin's data does not reflect actual moves, but rather a sample of about two million users who searched for homes in more than a hundred metropolitan areas.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, San Diego County saw nearly twice as many people leaving the country as moving in in 2023 compared to the previous year.
Year-over-year, 60% of U.S. counties experienced population increases. That's up 52% from the previous year, data showed.
However, San Diego County did not follow national trends – in 2023, 30,745 more people left the region than arrived. That is almost twice as many as in 2022, when 15,956 more people left the region than moved in.
Still, it seems that most people who already live in the region choose to stay. According to Redfin, 71% of San Diego home buyers searched for homes within the county than outside from January to March.
