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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 10,041 people in, 9,871 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+170 people
−115 households
Arrivals' income
$103.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$77.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where San Luis Obispo County's newcomers came from in California

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Santa Barbara County1,471
  2. Los Angeles County919
  3. Kern County434
  4. Santa Clara County431
  5. Fresno County390
  6. San Diego County353
  7. Orange County332
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,532

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Santa Barbara County1,244
  2. Los Angeles County489
  3. San Diego County446
  4. Orange County311
  5. Kern County296
  6. Fresno County291
  7. Santa Clara County213
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,466

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
87 people
Left for abroad
110 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is San Luis Obispo usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−11522–23††‡†
Net migration of San Luis Obispo County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+391
2014–15 †+424
2015–16+133
2016–17 †+246
2017–18−21
2018–19 ‡−204
2019–20+212
2020–21+343
2021–22−292
2022–23 †−115

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 Luis Obispo County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/san-luis-obispo-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.