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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 11,387 people in, 15,889 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−4,502 people
−2,379 households
Arrivals' income
$101.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$76.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Monterey 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 Yuma County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Santa Cruz County1,337
  2. Santa Clara County943
  3. Los Angeles County428
  4. San Diego County385
  5. Fresno County290
  6. Sacramento County284
  7. Alameda County256
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,551

Where did people go?

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

  1. Santa Clara County967
  2. Santa Cruz County966
  3. San Diego County488
  4. Los Angeles County471
  5. San Benito County457
  6. Fresno County411
  7. Yuma County, AZ406
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,892

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
376 people
Left for abroad
424 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Monterey usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,37922–23††‡†
Net migration of Monterey County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,149
2014–15 †−807
2015–16−717
2016–17 †−1,798
2017–18−1,230
2018–19 ‡−1,325
2019–20−1,806
2020–21−2,137
2021–22−2,493
2022–23 †−2,379

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