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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 8,812 people in, 9,924 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,112 people
−697 households
Arrivals' income
$52.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$59.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Jefferson 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 Calcasieu Parish, LA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Harris County1,679
  2. Orange County918
  3. Hardin County771
  4. Chambers County232
  5. Galveston County171
  6. Calcasieu Parish, LA170
  7. Brazoria County150
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,214

Where did people go?

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

  1. Harris County2,054
  2. Orange County1,150
  3. Hardin County930
  4. Chambers County254
  5. Fort Bend County247
  6. Montgomery County216
  7. Travis County181
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,020

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
42 people
Left for abroad
61 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Jefferson usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−69722–23††‡†
Net migration of Jefferson County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−771
2014–15 †+77
2015–16−426
2016–17 †−1,426
2017–18−1,570
2018–19 ‡−672
2019–20−938
2020–21−1,340
2021–22−990
2022–23 †−697

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