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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 19,193 people in, 17,124 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

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Net change
+2,069 people
+832 households
Arrivals' income
$80.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$78.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Galveston 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 Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Harris County8,050
  2. Brazoria County1,618
  3. Fort Bend County552
  4. Montgomery County354
  5. Travis County251
  6. Dallas County238
  7. Tarrant County207
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,441

Where did people go?

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

  1. Harris County6,042
  2. Brazoria County1,644
  3. Montgomery County443
  4. Fort Bend County439
  5. Travis County286
  6. Bexar County226
  7. Jefferson County171
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,270

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
103 people
Left for abroad
130 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Galveston 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+83222–23††‡†
Net migration of Galveston County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,729
2014–15 †+1,277
2015–16+2,196
2016–17 †+1,967
2017–18+818
2018–19 ‡+1,253
2019–20+1,434
2020–21+1,171
2021–22+892
2022–23 †+832

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