Apparently, Everyone is Moving to This Indiana City

Indiana has a handful of thriving cities revered by locals and tourists alike, but which one is attracting the most attention and permanent residents in 2024?

Indiana towns have been a hot topic lately. When it comes to Indiana, we have no shortage of small towns with a few big cities scattered in there too. Everyone has small-town pride nowadays.  Recently we have covered many of these towns in articles such as the worst small towns in Indiana, an Indiana small town that makes you feel like you are in a Hallmark movie, the best must-visit small town in Indiana, HGTV naming this Indiana town as the most charming in the state, and the most expensive place to live in Indiana.

To continue on with that theme, there is an updated list compiled by moveBuddha, about the top city everyone wants to move to in each state in 2024. Heck, some Indiana cities are willing to pay you to move to their neck of the woods. However, when it comes to the city in Indiana that people are moving to the most, you won't find it on that list.

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Everyone is Moving to This Indiana City

Before we reveal that answer, it's important to know how this list was compiled. Here's what moveBuddha had to say about sourcing the data to discover the top place everyone is moving to in each state:

"We identified the top city destination in each state, based on the ratio of moves in to moves out.The data was collected from moveBuddha's Moving Cost Calculator between July 2023 and March 2024 for moves planned in 2024 to find this year's most desired move-to destinations in each state. Mississippi, North Dakota, and West Virginia were omitted due to insufficient search data. For home values, we used Zillow data."

Now that we got that out of the way, the city that people are moving to the most in Indiana is none other than Fort Wayne. The average home value in this beloved boomtown is $217,257. Fort Wayne's mover in-to-out ratio was 1.18.

Fort Wayne also recently ranked among the safest cities in America.

The website, Love Exploring also named Fort Wayne as the most underrated city in Indiana. Here's what they said:

The second largest city in Indiana, Fort Wayne is a superb family vacation destination. Fort Wayne Children's Zoo has more than 1,000 animals and offers little ones a chance to hand-feed various animals, like giraffes, while a decommissioned power plant has been turned into Science Central – a hands-on discovery center for science, math, and technology. The beautiful Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory is great for casual strolls or, if you fancy a longer trek, head to the nearby Fox Island County Park, which offers swimming and fishing as well as designated picnic and grill areas.

So, it appears that Fort Wayne has a lot going for it. If you're looking to relocate in Indiana, it might be worth looking into.