A recent MoveBuddha study shows between 2019 and 2025, people have been 48.18% less likely to move to Colorado’s capital city. Aurora and Colorado Springs also appeared on the list at 26.9% and 19.93% less likely, respectively.

The study took into account quarterly data from 2019 to 2025 that accounted for momentum, seasonality, and longer-term shifts.

The Common Sense Institute study, released in July, shows Colorado’s net migration (the difference between the number of people moving in and out of our state) fell 52.5% in 2025, reflecting 36,146 fewer individuals arriving in Colorado.

“This is one of the more expensive areas in terms of housing in the nation now, and that has been steadily building from the mid-2010s onward,” said DJ Summers, director of communications and research o

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