Lubbock County, Texas

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 7,881 returns moved into Lubbock County and 7,521 moved out, a net gain of 360 returns, or 3.0 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

Farther away

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

Lubbock has swung from a net loss in 2019–20 to a net gain in 2022–23. The largest single source, Hockley County, supplied 4% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 35% of arrivals, below the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. Moves in and out together equal 13.1% of Lubbock’s returns, less than the 13.8% median of these 285 counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

Moved out toMoved in fromNet
Tarrant357281−76
Hockley296295−1
Dallas346230−116
Harris241197−44
Bexar210185−25
Midland175208+33
Hale142240+98
Randall172192+20
Collin182158−24
Denton173160−13
Travis213114−99
Taylor99116+17

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 70 counties sent 20 or more returns each (66% of arrivals from within the US) and 59 received 20 or more (62% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 47% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was King, WA, 1,415 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
County	Returns	People	Miles
Lea, NM	141	256	108
Crosby	120	230	30
Lamb	114	208	44
El Paso	101	154	287
Potter	100	169	124
Williamson	89	136	320
Terry	85	175	43
Curry, NM	84	166	110
Ector	81	163	128
Lynn	81	163	30
Tom Green	74	127	172
Eddy, NM	73	119	165
Maricopa, AZ	72	120	615
Gaines	70	112	76
Dawson	68	125	60
Yoakum	56	87	66
Bernalillo, NM	55	81	294
Garza	51	114	42
Floyd	50	97	44
Chaves, NM	49	89	154

Departures: the next 20 destinations
County	Returns	People	Miles
Williamson	118	176	320
Ector	97	182	128
Lynn	89	213	30
Potter	76	130	124
Terry	69	156	43
El Paso	68	113	287
Lamb	68	124	44
Crosby	66	128	30
Tom Green	65	114	172
Lea, NM	64	114	108
Maricopa, AZ	61	112	615
Bell	54	89	309
Brazos	52	87	382
Montgomery	51	84	435
Hays	48	78	331
Los Angeles, CA	44	66	943
Curry, NM	43	82	110
Gaines	43	85	76
Bernalillo, NM	42	77	294
Fort Bend	41	65	454

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

Departures to

Four filing years

InOut

Lubbock shows gains in 2022–23 and losses in 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22; arrivals peaked in 2022–23 and departures in 2021–22. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −0.2 in 2019–20, −1.0 in 2020–21, −0.2 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

$58,797 Arriving
$59,632 Leaving
$85,663 Staying

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