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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 7,905 people in, 9,827 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,922 people
−1,169 households
Arrivals' income
$113.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$93.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Santa Cruz 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 8 in 10 already lived in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Santa Clara County1,641
  2. Monterey County966
  3. Los Angeles County362
  4. Alameda County337
  5. San Mateo County270
  6. San Francisco County256
  7. San Diego County202
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,783

Where did people go?

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

  1. Monterey County1,337
  2. Santa Clara County1,264
  3. Los Angeles County339
  4. Alameda County302
  5. San Diego County285
  6. San Francisco County280
  7. San Benito County267
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,532

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
61 people
Left for abroad
192 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Santa Cruz usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,16922–23††‡†
Net migration of Santa Cruz County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+203
2014–15 †+23
2015–16−329
2016–17 †−1,090
2017–18−867
2018–19 ‡−919
2019–20−844
2020–21−1,288
2021–22−1,763
2022–23 †−1,169

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