Who's moving to and from Santa Barbara County, California?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 11,761 people in, 15,252 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−3,491 people
−2,121 households
Arrivals' income
$115.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$84.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Santa Barbara 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 Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Los Angeles County1,474
  2. San Luis Obispo County1,244
  3. Ventura County953
  4. San Diego County421
  5. Orange County374
  6. Kern County246
  7. Riverside County239
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,342

Where did people go?

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

  1. San Luis Obispo County1,471
  2. Ventura County1,350
  3. Los Angeles County1,295
  4. San Diego County638
  5. Orange County391
  6. Kern County357
  7. Maricopa County, AZ286
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,699

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
272 people
Left for abroad
291 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Santa Barbara usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,12122–23††‡†
Net migration of Santa Barbara County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−453
2014–15 †−558
2015–16−1,155
2016–17 †−1,800
2017–18−1,666
2018–19 ‡−1,237
2019–20−1,336
2020–21−2,163
2021–22−2,848
2022–23 †−2,121

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 Santa Barbara County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/santa-barbara-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.