A new study gathered by a commercial real estate blog analyzed census data between 2015 and 2019 and found the Queen City to be one of the fastest growing cities in the country.
“I love Charlotte. I love the weather. I love the people,†Christina Baldauf told Fox 46 Charlotte. The news station found others who love their fellow Charlotteans and asked what they loved about the city. “My favorite thing about Charlotte is the restaurants and to hang out with my friends,†said Joshua Caldwell.
There won’t be a shortage of new friends to meet and hang out with in the Queen City. According to the U.S. Census data, between 2015 and 2019, Charlotte grew by a little under 20,000 people, making the city one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Charlotte came in at number nine on the top 10 list. This was a small decrease from the recorded 21,143 people who moved to Charlotte in the previous study’s timeframe. Charlotte ranked seventh on that list.
With so much growth, the city has changed quite a bit too. “Oh, it’s completely different. When I moved here, Charlotte was like a big town and so we would go to happy hour after work and we had our choices, maybe a couple blocks that way and a couple of blocks this way, but it’s not like the metropolis we have now. Very few choices, but it was a lot of fun. You knew everybody,†said Baldauf.
David Furman, who was born and raised in Myers Park, has also watched the growth that’s come to charlotte. “It’s my home. That’s the main thing that has kept me here. My children do not live here. I wish they did. They live in bigger, cooler cities. I stay here because I wanna take part in making my city a place where my children would want to live,†said Furman.
Even with the slight decrease, Charlotte is still one of the fastest-growing metros in the country when factoring in other population sources. Over the last decade, Charlotte was the ninth-fastest-growing large metro by percentage with a population increase of 18.6%.
The study has gone on to say that the Charlotte metro area will likely continue drawing residents from both Carolinas, like Winston-Salem and Greensboro, as well as big cities like New York City. In fact, NYC is the primary source of residents moving in. The migration is likely due to an economic landscape that is ready for remote work.
The number one city on the list was Phoenix, Arizona. Raleigh also made the list coming in at number nine.
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