5 States People Are Desperately LEAVING in 2026 | And Where They are All Going

The IRS tracked $29 billion in lost income from 5 states in a single year. This is where that money went — and what it means for real estate in 2026. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly U.S. relocation, cost of living, and real estate market analysis. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ In this video, we break down the 5 states with the highest outbound migration in 2026 — Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and California — using IRS migration data, Tax Foundation property tax figures, Redfin median home prices, and MoveBuddha Q1 2026 moving search analysis. For each state, we reveal: ✅ The real financial reason people are leaving (with exact numbers) ✅ Exactly where residents are moving — and why ✅ What the migration wave means for real estate buyers in 2026 This is not about politics. It's about math. Property taxes, income tax rates, cost of living, and housing affordability are driving one of the largest domestic migration shifts in recent U.S. history. 📌 CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:25 Connecticut 3:33 Maryland 5:49 Massachusetts 8:17 New Jersey 10:26 California 13:19 Outro #relocation2026 #realestate2026 #costofLiving #movingtoFlorida #leavingCalifornia #leavingNewJersey #beststatestolive #wheretomoveis2026 #migration2026 #propertyTax