Who's moving to and from Fort Bend County, Texas?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 55,721 people in, 44,894 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+10,827 people
+3,386 households
Arrivals' income
$81.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$85.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Fort Bend County's newcomers came from in Texas

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Texas counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Los Angeles County, CA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Harris County29,268
  2. Brazoria County1,931
  3. Bexar County637
  4. Montgomery County637
  5. Los Angeles County, CA624
  6. Travis County585
  7. Waller County545
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,167

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Harris County21,458
  2. Brazoria County2,889
  3. Montgomery County1,315
  4. Travis County824
  5. Galveston County552
  6. Wharton County536
  7. Waller County534
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,496

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
538 people
Left for abroad
783 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Fort Bend usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+3,38622–23††‡†
Net migration of Fort Bend County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+6,048
2014–15 †+3,456
2015–16+5,435
2016–17 †+5,704
2017–18+3,975
2018–19 ‡+4,832
2019–20+7,526
2020–21+8,181
2021–22+5,754
2022–23 †+3,386

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Fort Bend County, Texas?” movedwhere.com/county/fort-bend-county-tx. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.