Santa Cruz County, California

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 5,417 returns moved into Santa Cruz County and 6,660 moved out, a net loss of 1,243 returns, or 11.2 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

Farther away

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

The largest single source, Santa Clara County, supplied 19% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 26% 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 10.8% of Santa Cruz’s returns, less than the 13.8% median of these 285 counties. Beyond California, the largest partner in both directions is King County, WA.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

Moved out toMoved in fromNet
Santa Clara8691,029+160
Monterey721545−176
Los Angeles288285−3
Alameda242236−6
San Francisco244195−49
San Diego220154−66
San Mateo119174+55
Contra Costa121134+13
Sacramento136110−26
Orange100108+8
San Benito13069−61
Sonoma9168−23

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 40 counties sent 20 or more returns each (76% of arrivals from within the US) and 49 received 20 or more (75% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 71% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was New York, NY, 2,564 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
County	Returns	People	Miles
Fresno	63	96	131
San Luis Obispo	59	73	142
Riverside	54	66	407
Santa Barbara	51	62	204
San Joaquin	50	62	75
King, WA	49	68	724
Stanislaus	47	79	67
Multnomah, OR	45	51	590
Placer	44	55	158
Ventura	44	64	244
Maricopa, AZ	38	50	593
Marin	37	53	82
Cook, IL	34	44	1,851
El Dorado	33	51	147
Merced	33	64	72
Humboldt	31	35	275
San Bernardino	31	38	358
Butte	28	41	185
Solano	28	41	87
Clark, NV	26	40	392

Departures: the next 20 destinations
County	Returns	People	Miles
Merced	86	181	72
King, WA	84	103	724
Multnomah, OR	81	100	590
Fresno	78	139	131
Maricopa, AZ	73	100	593
San Luis Obispo	65	94	142
Nevada	60	105	172
Clark, NV	59	96	392
San Joaquin	58	89	75
El Dorado	56	89	147
Marin	56	74	82
Riverside	55	87	407
Santa Barbara	55	74	204
Washoe, NV	50	90	286
Deschutes, OR	50	77	479
Placer	49	70	158
Stanislaus	48	76	67
Ventura	39	68	244
Denver, CO	33	40	945
Kings, NY	33	35	2,567

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

Departures to

Four filing years

InOut

Santa Cruz shows a net loss in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2019–20 and departures in 2020–21. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −7.8 in 2019–20, −11.8 in 2020–21, −15.7 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

$93,789 Leaving
$113,571 Arriving
$126,556 Staying

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