MoveCluster 02 · State arrival guide
Moving to Texas
Texas is one of America's biggest net gainers: 307,240 households arrived from other states in the latest IRS migration file while 250,767 left — a net gain of +56,473 households, or +1.80 per 1,000 residents. This guide is the arrival ledger: who is coming, who is leaving, and the income moving each way. Costs, deadlines, and checklists link out from the data.
Texas's migration ledger
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Households arrived | 307,240 |
| Households left | 250,767 |
| Net households | +56,473 |
| Net per 1,000 residents | +1.80 |
| Net income (AGI) gained | $5,543,751,000 |
| Average AGI of arrivals | $83,632 |
| Average AGI of leavers | $80,359 |
| State population (2024 estimate) | 31,290,831 |
Where Texas's newcomers come from
The three largest inbound flows into Texas: CA (44,417); FL (24,196); LA (15,068) (households, IRS SOI 2022–2023). The three largest outbound flows — where Texas households go when they leave: CA (24,970); FL (20,050); CO (14,923).
The income picture
Households arriving in Texas report an average AGI of $83,632; households leaving average $80,359 — a difference of $3,273 per household. Across all flows, Texas gained $5,543,751,000 in net AGI on the interstate basis. (On the IRS's total-migration basis, which adds foreign migration, Texas's net reads +54,904 households — the study's basis note explains the two.)
Top-10 routes into Texas
Plan the arrival
Start with the moving checklists (the 8-week timeline and change-of-address sequence apply in every state), price your specific route in Route Costs, and run the moving cost calculator for a line-item estimate framework. The full data behind this page — every state's ledger and the top-100 routes — is in the flagship study, Where Americans Moved — and the Money That Moved With Them, and Texas's research profile is indexed at State migration profiles.
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income, U.S. Population Migration Data 2022–2023 (interstate basis unless labeled); U.S. Census Bureau NST-EST2024 population estimates. A "household" is a filed tax return. Published by Moe Kahok.