Who's moving to and from San Francisco County, California?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 40,632 people in, 47,139 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−6,507 people
−302 households
Arrivals' income
$140.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$196.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving San Francisco 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 New York County, NY, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. San Mateo County5,242
  2. Alameda County4,335
  3. Santa Clara County3,924
  4. Contra Costa County2,309
  5. Los Angeles County2,162
  6. Marin County1,035
  7. San Diego County973
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,197

Where did people go?

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

  1. San Mateo County7,071
  2. Alameda County5,527
  3. Contra Costa County3,554
  4. Santa Clara County2,813
  5. Los Angeles County2,621
  6. Marin County2,272
  7. New York County, NY1,798
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,644

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
659 people
Left for abroad
1,662 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is San Francisco usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−30222–23††‡†
Net migration of San Francisco County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+717
2014–15 †+2,744
2015–16−709
2016–17 †−5,267
2017–18−2,948
2018–19 ‡−4,470
2019–20−24,118
2020–21−19,705
2021–22−4,373
2022–23 †−302

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 San Francisco County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/san-francisco-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.