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Fort Bend County, Texas

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 27,833 returns moved into Fort Bend County and 24,556 moved out, a net gain of 3,277 returns, or 9.8 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

Fort BendHarrisBrazoriaTravisMontgomeryWallerWharton

Farther away

Fort BendBexarDallasLos Angeles, CATarrant

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

Arriving returns listed 2.02 people each, the 2nd-largest average among the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. One county, Harris County, supplied 52% of all arriving returns. On balance, Fort Bend gains the most returns from Harris County and loses the most to Brazoria County. Movers from other states made up 28% of arrivals, below the 45% median of these 285 counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Harris11,57214,433+2,861
  2. Brazoria1,409950−459
  3. Travis579385−194
  4. Montgomery636326−310
  5. Bexar310340+30
  6. Dallas342278−64
  7. Galveston289244−45
  8. Los Angeles, CA172312+140
  9. Waller232242+10
  10. Wharton254207−47
  11. Tarrant204201−3
  12. Williamson235148−87

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 136 counties sent 20 or more returns each (87% of arrivals from within the US) and 108 received 20 or more (86% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 74% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Honolulu, HI, 3,889 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Cook, IL202439967
Collin179404258
Broward, FL140267961
Miami-Dade, FL128294972
San Diego, CA1272251,261
Denton127253266
Queens, NY1202441,453
Orange, CA1192631,324
Kings, NY1172681,447
Jefferson117247100
Contra Costa, CA1153271,606
Brazos11516784
Maricopa, AZ1082011,020
Santa Clara, CA1032411,581
Austin10320639
King, WA982131,862
Nueces95161163
Clark, NV861741,206
Alameda, CA811871,599
Orange, FL70124875
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Collin202425258
Austin15933539
Brazos15625484
Cook, IL144242967
Denton140252266
King, WA1311931,862
Hays127208140
New York, NY1191301,450
Maricopa, AZ1102021,020
Santa Clara, CA1002141,581
Comal91177151
San Diego, CA831471,261
Walker7011985
Liberty6816971
Kings, NY67841,447
Jefferson67114100
Nueces67125163
San Francisco, CA64731,660
Queens, NY60991,453
Orange, CA59901,324

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. California1,117
  2. Florida498
  3. New York458
  4. Louisiana316
  5. Illinois287
  6. Georgia167

Departures to

  1. California646
  2. New York246
  3. Florida242
  4. Colorado175
  5. Illinois165
  6. Louisiana155

Four filing years

28,53821,0082019–2030,17922,0012020–2128,80023,0292021–2227,83324,5562022–23

InOut

Fort Bend shows a net gain in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2020–21 and departures in 2022–23. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +26.5 in 2019–20, +27.5 in 2020–21, +18.1 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $81,580 Arriving
  • $86,227 Leaving
  • $121,711 Staying

Average adjusted gross income per return: non-moving returns reported the most, arriving returns the least.

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