Get Ready: Major Wave of Gen Z Transplants Coming to Colorado

Every person is trying to find a place to live that is perfect for them. Finding the ideal city or town to call home is a huge choice and one that should not be taken lightly.

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Maybe your ideal home is in your hometown. It could be in another Colorado city. Or your dream home is in another state or even another country—one of the nation's youngest generations’ dreams of states and destinations, with Colorado at the forefront.

Who Gen Z Is and Their Colorado Impact

Gen Z is anybody who was born between 1997 and 2012. This generation has always been immersed in social media and is truly the first generation to grow up with technology and the internet right at their fingertips.

Gen Z is typically the children of Generation X and is 22% of the population.

Gen Z is known for being anxious and hard-working. Some think they will end up being the most entrepreneurial generation. - Axis

Gen Z Moving Everywhere, Including Colorado

PR Newswire released a new list, in collaboration with Zillow, of the top 10 states that Gen Z is moving to.

Gen Z has no problem moving from their hometown and picking a more suitable destination.

Colorado is the sixth most popular destination for out-of-state movers of that generation.

In one annual year, 39,797 moved to Colorado. It is also important to note that Colorado was not a top 10 state for Gen Z to move out of.

There are many opportunities for Gen Z as Colorado continues evolving in the tech industry. Also, 55% of Gen Z prefer to work remotely. We would conclude that although some of this generation moved to Colorado for work purposes, most of Gen Z moved to the Centennial State for quality of life.