Who's moving to and from Jim Wells County, Texas?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,693 people in, 1,752 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−59 people
−73 households
Arrivals' income
$48.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$49.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Jim Wells 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 9 in 10 already lived in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Nueces County468
  2. Duval County176
  3. Bexar County119
  4. San Patricio County92
  5. Kleberg County90
  6. Harris County63
  7. Brooks County62
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)587

Where did people go?

About 9 in 10 who left stayed in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Nueces County430
  2. Duval County185
  3. Bexar County137
  4. San Patricio County111
  5. Kleberg County73
  6. Brooks County66
  7. Live Oak County57
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)650

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 to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Harris County
withheld
Net moves with Live Oak County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Jim Wells usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−7322–23††‡†
Net migration of Jim Wells County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−173
2014–15 †−163
2015–16−258
2016–17 †−163
2017–18−138
2018–19 ‡−127
2019–20−40
2020–21+72
2021–22−1
2022–23 †−73

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 Jim Wells County, Texas?” movedwhere.com/county/jim-wells-county-tx. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.