Who's moving to and from Gaines County, Texas?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 938 people in, 961 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−23 people
−55 households
Arrivals' income
$54.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$61.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Gaines County went in Texas

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Yoakum County151
  2. Lea County, NM103
  3. Lubbock County85
  4. Terry County67
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)532

Where did people go?

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

  1. Lubbock County112
  2. Yoakum County109
  3. Lea County, NM101
  4. Terry County70
  5. Midland County50
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)519

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the South
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Midwest
withheld
Net moves with Midland County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Gaines usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−5522–23††‡†
Net migration of Gaines County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+120
2014–15 †+75
2015–16−29
2016–17 †−120
2017–18+29
2018–19 ‡+49
2019–20−1
2020–21−53
2021–22−50
2022–23 †−55

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 Gaines County, Texas?” movedwhere.com/county/gaines-county-tx. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.