Joseph HernandezMon, September 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM UTC1 min readA view of Kansas City’s skyline from Charles B. Wheeler Downtown AirportPerhaps you’ve seen moving trucks around Kansas City and people loading their precious cargo into their new homes. You might be wondering where they’re coming from. After all, Kansas City did add 8,000 new residents since 2020, according to the latest Census data.A new study has the answers.Moving truck rental company U-Haul looked at its one-way customer transactions from January to July 2025 to determine where people are taking its trucks, trailers and moving containers. The data shows the top states and cities outside the region people are moving to the Kansas City metro area and where people are coming from within the region.Where are new Kansas City residents coming from?U-Haul lists the top 10 states where people are moving to Kansas City from, excluding Missouri and Kansas:AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTexasColoradoOklahomaIowaNebraskaFloridaIllinoisArkansasTennesseeArizonaThe moving truck rental company also listed the top five metro areas where people are coming to Kansas City from, both outside and inside Missouri and Kansas. Here’s where people are coming from outside the states:And from within Missouri and Kansas:St. LouisWichitaSpringfieldColumbiaTopekaKansas City and Independence are both providing new residents to St. Louis, U-Haul says, making the city’s top five. Missourians are also moving to Chicago, Dallas and Denver.AdvertisementSolve the daily Crossword30,209 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?30,209 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?CrosswordPlay on YahooAdvertisementAdvertisement