Who's moving to and from Kern County, California?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 23,611 people in, 25,051 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,440 people
−1,281 households
Arrivals' income
$55.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Kern County went in California

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other California counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Clark County, NV, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Los Angeles County7,772
  2. Tulare County1,072
  3. Ventura County1,043
  4. San Bernardino County986
  5. Orange County835
  6. Fresno County663
  7. San Diego County646
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,102

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Los Angeles County3,684
  2. Tulare County1,088
  3. Clark County, NV729
  4. San Bernardino County707
  5. San Diego County705
  6. Orange County638
  7. Riverside County596
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)7,816

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
245 people
Left for abroad
231 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Kern usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,28122–23††‡†
Net migration of Kern County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−744
2014–15 †−419
2015–16−865
2016–17 †−692
2017–18+30
2018–19 ‡+282
2019–20+233
2020–21+824
2021–22−1,516
2022–23 †−1,281

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 Kern County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/kern-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.