Who's moving to and from Alameda County, California?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 61,026 people in, 78,432 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−17,406 people
−7,659 households
Arrivals' income
$123.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$130.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Alameda County went in California

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other California counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like King County, WA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Santa Clara County11,226
  2. Contra Costa County7,605
  3. San Francisco County5,527
  4. San Mateo County4,032
  5. San Joaquin County2,692
  6. Los Angeles County2,581
  7. Sacramento County1,527
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,613

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Contra Costa County12,831
  2. Santa Clara County7,373
  3. San Joaquin County6,832
  4. San Francisco County4,335
  5. San Mateo County3,205
  6. Los Angeles County2,749
  7. Sacramento County2,736
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,259

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
680 people
Left for abroad
1,847 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Alameda usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−7,65922–23††‡†
Net migration of Alameda County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+2,957
2014–15 †+2,783
2015–16−673
2016–17 †−5,713
2017–18−3,751
2018–19 ‡−4,115
2019–20−9,480
2020–21−16,083
2021–22−11,991
2022–23 †−7,659

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Alameda County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/alameda-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.