Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos migration, mapped
In 2022–23, 112,105 people moved into the Austin metro and 95,098 moved out, a net of +17,007. Yellow arcs are people arriving, blue arcs are people leaving. Hover a dot to see the corridor, or click through to compare.
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† IRS methodology change in this year’s files (see methodology)
What the flows say
- Biggest published corridors: more arrivals come from Houston, TX than anywhere else: 10,613 people in 2022–23. The top destination for leavers is San Antonio, TX (10,084). The listed corridors cover about 75–79% of all flows; the totals count everyone.
- Trend: net inflow has cooled over the last three years, from +23,253 in 2020–21 to +17,007 in 2022–23†.
Population · 2025
2,620,945
▲ 2.1% year over year · growing
Peak population
2,620,945
highest in the series shown (since 2000)
Why the population is changing
- Growth driver: domestic migration added more people than anything else: +19,860 in 2025, ahead of births minus deaths (+16,621) and international migration (+17,457).
- Peak population: the 2025 estimate of 2,620,945 is the highest on record, in data going back to 2000.
Net income flow · 2022–23
+$1.4B
▲ $7.3B arrived · $5.9B left
Avg household income · movers
$101k in · $99k out
similar incomes both directions
Austin wealth migration
- Money moved: households moving into the Austin metro in 2022–23 reported $7.3B in income (AGI). Households leaving took $5.9B with them, a net gain of $1.4B.
- Income gap: the average household moving in reported $101k of income, vs $99k for leavers. Arriving and leaving households report similar incomes.
About the data
Corridors are IRS county-to-county migration flows added up into metro areas (2023 Census metro definitions; exemptions ≈ people). "Rest of" entries cover a state's counties outside any featured metro. The IRS hides corridors with fewer than 20 returns, so the lists here cover about 79% of inbound and 75% of outbound movers in 2022–23. The in, out, and net totals count everyone. Income figures are the total income (AGI) movers reported, from the complete county totals. Dollars are not adjusted for inflation, and household averages divide by the number of returns. Population figures are Census Bureau estimates; the peak covers records since 2000. Years marked † had a change in how the IRS built the files. Full details on the methodology page.
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