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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 63,834 people in, 84,172 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−20,338 people
−8,663 households
Arrivals' income
$143.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$174.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Santa Clara 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 King County, WA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Alameda County7,373
  2. San Mateo County5,963
  3. Los Angeles County3,074
  4. San Francisco County2,813
  5. King County, WA1,725
  6. San Diego County1,655
  7. Contra Costa County1,540
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,142

Where did people go?

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

  1. Alameda County11,226
  2. San Mateo County5,845
  3. San Joaquin County4,541
  4. San Francisco County3,924
  5. Contra Costa County3,245
  6. Los Angeles County2,938
  7. Sacramento County2,723
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,972

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,435 people
Left for abroad
3,457 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Santa Clara usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−8,66322–23††‡†
Net migration of Santa Clara County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−3,454
2014–15 †−3,331
2015–16−8,314
2016–17 †−14,068
2017–18−9,665
2018–19 ‡−8,140
2019–20−16,511
2020–21−19,810
2021–22−12,457
2022–23 †−8,663

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