Half of Orange County’s Residents Hope to Move, Survey Finds

The county’s population has had no major drop recently, but the sentiment suggests a ’strong storm brewing,' said a UCI dean behind the poll.

Homes in Huntington Beach, Calif., on July 12, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Half of residents in California’s third-most populated county say they are considering moving, a survey published Aug. 9 revealed.

The survey—conducted by the University of California–Irvine, School of Social Ecology—questioned 1,100 current and former residents, and found that 51 percent of current residents said they hoped to move out of the county. More than one-third of them were actively considering a move.