Who's moving to and from Houston County, Alabama?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 5,370 people in, 5,082 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

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Net change
+288 people
+150 households
Arrivals' income
$50.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$55.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Houston County's newcomers came from in Alabama

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Alabama counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Jackson County, FL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Dale County779
  2. Henry County395
  3. Geneva County322
  4. Coffee County250
  5. Jackson County, FL169
  6. Bay County, FL146
  7. Barbour County111
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,582

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Alabama. People, 2022–23.

  1. Dale County871
  2. Henry County434
  3. Geneva County325
  4. Coffee County211
  5. Bay County, FL139
  6. Jackson County, FL121
  7. Madison County81
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,297

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

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Houston usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2016–17.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+15022–23††‡†
Net migration of Houston County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+34
2014–15 †−66
2015–16−87
2016–17 †+67
2017–18+231
2018–19 ‡+197
2019–20+174
2020–21+358
2021–22+259
2022–23 †+150

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 Houston County, Alabama?” movedwhere.com/county/houston-county-al. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.