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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 163,262 people in, 183,281 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−20,019 people
−6,492 households
Arrivals' income
$74.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$82.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Harris 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 Los Angeles County, CA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fort Bend County21,458
  2. Montgomery County13,365
  3. Brazoria County6,317
  4. Galveston County6,042
  5. Travis County3,302
  6. Dallas County3,106
  7. Bexar County2,881
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)12,448

Where did people go?

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

  1. Fort Bend County29,268
  2. Montgomery County25,206
  3. Brazoria County9,828
  4. Galveston County8,050
  5. Liberty County6,072
  6. Travis County4,282
  7. Dallas County3,309
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)13,349

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,701 people
Left for abroad
2,897 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Harris usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−6,49222–23††‡†
Net migration of Harris County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+4,052
2014–15 †+6,977
2015–16−2,625
2016–17 †−23,489
2017–18−11,679
2018–19 ‡−7,131
2019–20−11,240
2020–21−11,804
2021–22−3,377
2022–23 †−6,492

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