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

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 1,544 people in, 1,545 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1 people
−3 households
Arrivals' income
$62.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$56.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Matagorda 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 8 in 10 already lived in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Brazoria County266
  2. Harris County241
  3. Wharton County133
  4. Fort Bend County96
  5. Victoria County44
  6. Jackson County43
  7. Travis County34
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)687

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Brazoria County284
  2. Harris County187
  3. Fort Bend County102
  4. Wharton County98
  5. Victoria County63
  6. Jackson County49
  7. Bexar County35
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)727

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 Bexar County
withheld
Net moves with Travis County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Matagorda 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−322–23††‡†
Net migration of Matagorda County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+38
2014–15 †+32
2015–16+81
2016–17 †−134
2017–18−96
2018–19 ‡−43
2019–20−20
2020–21+16
2021–22−89
2022–23 †−3

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