Is Colorado Not a Desirable Place to Live in 2025?

Has the state of Colorado hit its peak with people wanting to live in the state? In years past, Colorado has been one of the most popular states to relocate to in the United States. In 2024, our state seems to have lost some of its Rocky Mountain luster.

According to The Gazette, Colorado fell from one of the top 10 states to one of the bottom 10 states in U-Haul's Growth Index. The moving company that specializes in rental trucks days that the state of Colorado fell on its index 31 spots in the course of a year.

Coloradans Are Calling It Quits on the Centennial State

The state of Colorado led the rankings for one metric in U-Haul's growth index. One-way rentals out of state. What's more, the outbound one-way rentals from U-Haul than incoming one-way rentals into Colorado.

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There are still plenty of communities in Colorado that are seeing a healthy influx of new residents via U-Haul. Those communities include Boulder, Broomfield, Centennial, Dacono, Durango, Fort Collins, Freeley Lafayette, Longmont, Loveland, Pagosa Springs, Parker, Pueblo West, Salida, Steamboat Springs, Telluride, and Thornton.

The Gazette says that the U-Haul growth index is in line with numerous other state-based economic reports that warn Colorado is losing its allure to other states in the Nation. Mainly to states in the Sun Belt.

California has been the worst state in the nation on U-Haul's annual growth index report. Coming in dead last again in 2024, for the fifth year in a row.