Millennials make up a quarter of the nation’s population and are expected to have huge influence over real estate in the coming years. But though the millennial population increased 4.7 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to Census data, the growth has not occurred evenly across geographic areas. The cities with the highest share of millennials as of 2015 are: Provo-Orem, Utah: 30.4 percent Austin, Texas: 27.2 percent San Diego: 27 percent Virginia Beach, Va.: 26.9 percent Madison, Wis.: 26.8 percent Colorado Springs, Colo.: 26.4 percent Bakersfield, Calif.: 26.3 percent Honolulu: 26.3 percent Salt Lake City: 26.2 percent The cities with the highest growth in millennial population from 2010 to 2015 are: Colorado Springs: 14.7 percent growth San Antonio: 14.4 percent Denver: 12.8 percent Orlando, Fla.: 12.7 percent Honolulu: 12.2 percent Austin: 11.8 percent Cape Coral, Fla.: 11.7 percent Houston: 11.7 percent Sarasota, Fla.: 11.1 percent Seattle: 10.8 percent Meanwhile, the cities with the lowest increases in millennial populations are Birmingham, Ala. (–0.6 percent); Chicago (0.2 percent); Toledo, Ohio (0.5 percent); and St. Louis (0.9 percent).

Source: Curbed.com