Who's moving to and from Wharton County, Texas?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,593 people in, 1,666 out. Most were moving between Texas counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−73 people
−89 households
Arrivals' income
$58.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$53.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Wharton County went in Texas

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Texas counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 9 in 10 already lived in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fort Bend County536
  2. Harris County284
  3. Matagorda County98
  4. Brazoria County60
  5. Colorado County59
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)556

Where did people go?

About 9 in 10 who left stayed in Texas. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fort Bend County431
  2. Harris County239
  3. Matagorda County133
  4. Brazoria County86
  5. Colorado County56
  6. Victoria County46
  7. Jackson County34
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)641

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Victoria County
withheld
Net moves with Jackson County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Wharton usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 8 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−8922–23††‡†
Net migration of Wharton County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−20
2014–15 †−45
2015–16+40
2016–17 †−19
2017–18−98
2018–19 ‡−89
2019–20−18
2020–21+20
2021–22−3
2022–23 †−89

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 Wharton County, Texas?” movedwhere.com/county/wharton-county-tx. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.