The National Association of Realtors recently included an article titled “The New Hot Spots Where Americans Are Moving Right Now” on its website and Jacksonville was ranked second on the list. The article, found here, includes information on communities attracting new residents and cities losing residents using three data sets:

1. Census Bureau migration data collected from 2009 to 2013 that tracked people’s moves in and out of metropolitan areas.
2. The number of cross-metro moving requests on moving.com®.
3. Cross-metro search traffic on realtor.com.

The top cities on the list all had affordable housing and strong job markets.