San Luis Obispo County, California
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 6,452 returns moved into San Luis Obispo County and 6,579 moved out, a net loss of 127 returns, or 1.1 for every 1,000 returns filed there.
Within 150 miles
Farther away
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San Luis Obispo has swung from a net gain in 2019–20 to a net loss in 2022–23. On balance, San Luis Obispo gains the most returns from Los Angeles County. The largest single source, Santa Barbara County, supplied 13% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 28% of arrivals, below the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties.
The biggest two-way exchanges
Moves in both directions combined, largest first.
- Santa Barbara722840+118
- Los Angeles399627+228
- San Diego348256−92
- Orange227241+14
- Fresno187251+64
- Kern169267+98
- Santa Clara162266+104
- Ventura128173+45
- Monterey126166+40
- Tulare96142+46
- Sacramento100133+33
- Riverside114117+3
Beyond the main partners
In 2022–23, 41 counties sent 20 or more returns each (75% of arrivals from within the US) and 49 received 20 or more (67% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 61% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Cook, IL, 1,814 miles away.
| County | Returns | People | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 119 | 209 | 176 |
| San Bernardino | 117 | 195 | 244 |
| Maricopa, AZ | 87 | 136 | 475 |
| Contra Costa | 85 | 128 | 194 |
| King, WA | 76 | 123 | 839 |
| San Mateo | 74 | 106 | 176 |
| Santa Cruz | 65 | 94 | 142 |
| Clark, NV | 61 | 94 | 310 |
| Kings | 54 | 93 | 59 |
| San Francisco | 48 | 64 | 216 |
| Placer | 47 | 77 | 254 |
| San Joaquin | 46 | 60 | 182 |
| Sonoma | 42 | 50 | 256 |
| Stanislaus | 34 | 45 | 153 |
| Washoe, NV | 32 | 53 | 372 |
| Multnomah, OR | 32 | 39 | 709 |
| Butte | 30 | 43 | 302 |
| Solano | 30 | 47 | 215 |
| Denver, CO | 29 | 42 | 903 |
| Marin | 28 | 40 | 224 |
| County | Returns | People | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 120 | 135 | 216 |
| Alameda | 111 | 136 | 176 |
| Maricopa, AZ | 97 | 155 | 475 |
| Clark, NV | 91 | 167 | 310 |
| King, WA | 88 | 106 | 839 |
| San Bernardino | 71 | 120 | 244 |
| Sonoma | 64 | 86 | 256 |
| Contra Costa | 62 | 94 | 194 |
| Santa Cruz | 59 | 73 | 142 |
| Multnomah, OR | 50 | 67 | 709 |
| San Mateo | 48 | 66 | 176 |
| Kings | 44 | 69 | 59 |
| Placer | 40 | 48 | 254 |
| Ada, ID | 40 | 66 | 600 |
| Washoe, NV | 37 | 46 | 372 |
| Humboldt | 33 | 45 | 413 |
| Denver, CO | 33 | 36 | 903 |
| Travis, TX | 33 | 50 | 1,365 |
| El Dorado | 30 | 47 | 235 |
| Butte | 27 | 46 | 302 |
Other states in the exchange
Arrivals from
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Four filing years
InOut
San Luis Obispo shows gains in 2019–20, 2020–21 and losses in 2021–22, 2022–23; arrivals and departures both peaked in 2020–21. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +2.1 in 2019–20, +2.8 in 2020–21, −2.5 in 2021–22.
Income reported by movers and stayers
- $77,168 Leaving
- $103,683 Arriving
- $106,782 Staying
Average adjusted gross income per return: non-moving returns reported the most, departing returns the least.