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Santa Barbara County, California

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 7,807 returns moved into Santa Barbara County and 9,970 moved out, a net loss of 2,163 returns, or 12.0 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

Santa BarbaraLos AngelesSan Luis ObispoVenturaOrangeKern

Farther away

Santa BarbaraSan DiegoSanta Clara

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

On balance, Santa Barbara loses the most returns to Ventura County. The largest single source, Los Angeles County, supplied 13% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 38% 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 9.9% of Santa Barbara’s returns, less than the 13.8% median of these 285 counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Los Angeles9901,018+28
  2. San Luis Obispo840722−118
  3. Ventura875611−264
  4. San Diego478286−192
  5. Orange284262−22
  6. Santa Clara201161−40
  7. Kern180161−19
  8. Riverside170158−12
  9. Maricopa, AZ192125−67
  10. San Francisco172101−71
  11. Alameda117142+25
  12. Clark, NV16294−68

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 50 counties sent 20 or more returns each (72% of arrivals from within the US) and 65 received 20 or more (72% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 53% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Middlesex, MA, 2,649 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
San Bernardino106180220
Fresno96153155
Sacramento94128280
King, WA82125900
Contra Costa79111257
El Paso, CO78134908
Monterey74118138
San Mateo60101238
Santa Cruz5574204
Honolulu, HI52942,479
Cook, IL52751,818
Marin4768286
Sonoma4455319
Tulare4467137
Multnomah, OR4354771
San Joaquin4254245
Denver, CO4046908
Travis, TX40531,334
Placer3851315
Solano3558279
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
King, WA135173900
Sacramento129200280
Fresno106204155
San Bernardino105149220
Multnomah, OR92112771
El Paso, CO87172908
New York, NY86952,527
San Mateo78101238
Monterey76110138
Contra Costa74110257
Denver, CO5971908
Tulare55109137
Travis, TX55751,334
Santa Cruz5162204
Bexar, TX51981,306
Marin4761286
Cook, IL46571,818
Ada, ID4372649
Kings, NY43442,529
Sonoma4155319

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. Arizona150
  2. Colorado139
  3. Nevada124
  4. Texas122
  5. Washington109
  6. New York63

Departures to

  1. Arizona292
  2. Oregon230
  3. Colorado201
  4. Texas199
  5. Washington196
  6. Nevada193

Four filing years

8,5909,9222019–208,46610,6052020–217,98910,7882021–227,8079,9702022–23

InOut

Santa Barbara shows a net loss in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2019–20 and departures in 2021–22. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −7.8 in 2019–20, −12.3 in 2020–21, −15.6 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $84,261 Leaving
  • $115,238 Arriving
  • $115,523 Staying

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

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