PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Nearly half of all residential moves in the U.S. happen during the summer, between Memorial Day and Labor Day, according to U-Haul’s report on midyear migration trends.
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Most of the U-Haul customers arriving in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area so far in 2025 have come from Washington, with movers from California coming in second place, followed by Arizona. Idahoans and Texans came in fourth and fifth place.
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The other most common origin states in order were Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Florida and Montana.
New Portland-area residents from within the state are coming most frequently from Salem, Eugene, Bend, Medford and Corvallis, according to the report.
Portlanders who left Oregon moved most frequently to Seattle, followed by San Francisco and Los Angeles. Phoenix and Spokane, Wash., were fourth and fifth-place destinations…