Texas Relocation Report 2014 Edition Release date: Oct. 1, 2014 Contact: Stacy Armijo Pierpont Communications 512-448-4950 sarmijo@piercom.com About the Texas Relocation Report The Texas Relocation Report is based on data from the 2013 American Community Survey and the 2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau as well as the U-Haul 2013 National Migration Trend Reports. The report analyzes county relocation data for the 43 largest demographic areas in Texas. The Texas Association of REALTORS distributes insights about the Texas housing market each month, including quarterly market statistics, trends among homebuyers and sellers, luxury home sales, international trends, and more. To view the Texas Relocation Report in its entirety, visit TexasRealEstate.com. About the Texas Association of Realtors With 90,000 members, the Texas Association of REALTORS is a professional membership organization that represents all aspects of real estate in Texas. We advocate on behalf of Texas REALTORS and private-property owners to keep homeownership affordable, protect private-property rights, and promote public policies that benefit homeowners. Visit TexasRealEstate.com to learn more.
Executive Summary The 2014 Texas Relocation Report shows that Texas continues to be a national leader in relocation activity and a soughtafter location for households moving out of state. According to the report, Texas gained more out-of-state residents than any other state in 2013, with 584,034 moving to Texas from out of state. A majority of these residents originated from California (66,318), followed by Florida (32,619), Oklahoma (29,169), Louisiana (29,042), and Illinois (28,900). Texas ranked third in the nation for number of residents moving out of state in 2013 (409,977), coming in behind California (581,689) and Florida (423,995) and topping New York (401,440), and Illinois (304,674). Like with incoming residents, a majority of the residents who moved out of state moved to California (32,290), followed by Oklahoma (27,391), Florida (24,226), Colorado (23,490), and Louisiana (21,747). Overall, Texas had a net gain of out-of-state residents in 2013, with 138,057 more moving into Texas than Texas residents moving out of state in 2013. This report comes six months after U-Haul named Texas the No. 2 growth state for 2013, Houston as the nation s top destination city, and Dallas as the top U.S. growth city in its 2013 relocation reports. The 2014 Texas Relocation Report also shows 5-year estimates of Texas migration data (2008-2012) on a county-bycounty basis for counties within the top 43 designated market areas in Texas. A majority of the top 10 counties with net gains in out-of-county residents were in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (Tarrant, Denton, Collin, and Dallas counties) and in Central Texas (Travis, Williamson, and Bell counties). 2
Executive Summary (continued) Harris and Dallas counties remain the top two most mobile counties in the Lone Star State, ranking No. 1 and No. 2 in Texas, respectively, for both the largest inflow and the largest outflow of. However, both of these counties posted the highest net losses of residents moving out of county, with Dallas County posting the highest net loss of (25,461) followed by Harris County (20,222). The top 10 Texas counties with the highest net gains of from out of county were spread all over the state, with three of the top 10 counties located in Central Texas (Williamson, Hays, and Travis) but with the DFW-area s Denton County leading by far with a net gain of 13,754 out-of-county residents. 3
Texas vs. Nationally Texas ranked No. 1 for largest amount of migrating from out-of-state 4
Texas vs. Nationally California and Florida were responsible for the largest amount of moving to Texas in 2013. The majority of leaving Texas in 2013 left for California, Oklahoma and Florida. 5
Texas Of the top 10 Texas counties with the most entering the county (inflow of ): Four are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (No. 2 Dallas, No. 3 Tarrant, No. 5 Denton, No. 7 Collin) Two are in the Houston area (No. 1 Harris, No. 9 Fort Bend) Two are in the Austin area (No. 4 Travis, No. 8 Williamson) One is in the San Antonio area (No. 6 Bexar) One is in the Bryan-College Station area (No. 10 Brazos) 6
Texas Of the top 10 Texas counties with the largest net gains in poeple (net gain in ): Three are in the Central Texas Austin/San Marcos area (No. 3 Williamson, No. 4 Hays, No. 9 Travis) One is in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (No. 1 Denton) One is in the San Antonio area (No. 5 Bexar) One is in the Houston area (No. 10 Fort Bend) One is in the Abilene area (No. 6 Taylor) One is in the Bryan-College Station area (No. 2 Brazos) One is in the Lubbock area (No. 7 Lubbock) 7 One is in the Tyler area (No. 8 Smith)
Texas Of the top 10 Texas counties with the most moving out of the county (outflow of ): Four are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (No. 2 Dallas, No. 3 Tarrant, No. 6 Collin, No. 7 Denton) Two are in the Houston area (No. 1 Harris, No. 8 Fort Bend) Two are in the Austin area (No. 4 Travis, No. 9 Williamson) One is in the San Antonio area (No. 5 Bexar) One is in the Galveston area (No. 10 Galveston) 8
Texas Of the top 10 Texas counties with the largest net number of moving out of the county (net loss in ): Three are in coastal areas such as Corpus Christi (No. 7. San Patricio, No. 8 Aransas) and Brownsville / South Padre Island (No. 2 Cameron) Two are in the Amarillo area (No. 4 Randall, No. 9 Potter) One is in the Abilene area (No. 1 Taylor) One is in the Texarkana area (No. 3 Bowie) One is in the Palestine area (No. 5 Anderson) One is in the Sherman / Denison area (No. 6 Grayson) 9 One is in the Kerrville area (No. 10. Kerr)
Texas Of the top 10 Texas counties with the largest gain in from out of state (inflow of out-ofstate ): Four are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (No. 3 Dallas, No. 4 Tarrant, No. 8 Collin, No. 9 Denton) Two are in the Austin area (No. 5 Travis, No. 10 Williamson) One is in the Houston area (No. 1 Harris) One is in the Temple-Killeen area (No. 7 Bell) One is in the San Antonio area (No. 2 Bexar) One is in the El Paso area (No. 6 El Paso) 10
Texas Of the top 10 Texas counties with the largest amount of leaving Texas (outflow of Texas residents): Three are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (No. 2 Dallas, No. 4 Tarrant, No. 8 Collin, No. 9 Denton) Two are in the Houston area (No. 1 Harris, No. 10 Fort Bend) Two are in the Austin area (No. 6 Travis) One is in the San Antonio area (No. 3 Bexar) One is in the Temple-Killeen area (No. 7 Bell) One is in the El Paso area (No. 5 El Paso) 11
Texas Of the top 10 Texas counties with largest net gain in from out of state (net gain in ): Four are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (No. 2 Tarrant, No. 6 Denton, No. 7 Collin, No. 8 Dallas) Three are in Central Texas, including No. 3 Travis (Austin), No. 5 Williamson (Round Rock), No. 7 Bell (Temple, Killeen) One is in the Houston area (No. 1 Harris) One is in the San Antonio area (No. 4 Bexar) One is in the San Angelo area (No. 10 Tom Green) 12
Texas Of the top 10 Texas counties with the largest net loss in to out of state (net loss in ): Three are in coastal areas such as Corpus Christi (No. 7. San Patricio, No. 8 Aransas) and Brownsville / South Padre (No. 2 Cameron) Two are in the Amarillo area (No. 4 Randall, No. 9 Potter) One is in the Abilene area (No. 1 Taylor) One is in the Texarkana area (No. 3 Bowie) One is in the Palestine area (No. 5 Anderson) One is in the Sherman / Denison area (No. 6 Grayson) 13 One is in the Kerrville area (No. 10 Kerr)
Anderson County DMA: Palestine, Texas No. 30 county for total inflow of No. 28 county for total outflow of No. 26 county for net inflow of No. 40 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 35 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 39 county for net out-of-state inflow of 14
Angelina County DMA: Lufkin, Texas No. 38 county for total inflow of No. 33 county for total outflow of No. 35 county for net inflow of No. 35 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 37 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 23 county for net out-of-state inflow of 15
Aransas County DMA: Corpus Christi No. 43 county for total inflow of No. 41 county for total outflow of No. 23 county for net inflow of No. 41 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 39 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 36 county for net out-of-state inflow of 16
Bell County DMA: Belton Fort Hood Killeen Temple No. 17 county for total inflow of No. 11 county for total outflow of No. 38 county for net inflow of No. 7 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 7 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 9 county for net out-of-state inflow of 17
Bexar County DMA: San Antonio No. 6 county for total inflow of No. 5 county for total outflow of No. 5 county for net inflow of No. 2 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 3 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 4 county for net out-of-state inflow of 18
Bowie County DMA: Texarkana No. 41 county for total inflow of No. 36 county for total outflow of No. 30 county for net inflow of No. 22 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 16 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 41 county for net out-of-state inflow of 19
Brazos County DMA: Bryan-College Station No. 10 county for total inflow of No. 13 county for total outflow of No. 2 county for net inflow of No. 18 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 21 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 16 county for net out-of-state inflow of 20
Caldwell County DMA: San Marcos No. 34 county for total inflow of No. 38 county for total outflow of No. 16 county for net inflow of No. 42 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 42 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 31 county for net out-of-state inflow of 21
Cameron County DMA: Brownsville Harlingen South Padre Island No. 31 county for total inflow of No. 21 county for total outflow of No. 41 county for net inflow of No. 23 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 19 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 42 county for net out-of-state inflow of 22
Collin County DMA: Garland No. 7 county for total inflow of No. 6 county for total outflow of No. 36 county for net inflow of No. 8 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 8 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 7 county for net out-of-state inflow of 23
Comal County DMA: San Antonio No. 22 county for total inflow of No. 25 county for total outflow of No. 18 county for net inflow of No. 30 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 30 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 27 county for net out-of-state inflow of 24
Dallas County DMA: Dallas Garland Irving No. 2 county for total inflow of No. 2 county for total outflow of No. 43 county for net inflow of No. 3 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 2 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 8 county for net out-of-state inflow of 25
Denton County DMA: Fort Worth No. 5 county for total inflow of No. 7 county for total outflow of No. 1 county for net inflow of No. 9 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 9 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 6 county for net out-of-state inflow of 26
Ector County DMA: Odessa No. 27 county for total inflow of No. 27 county for total outflow of No. 14 county for net inflow of No. 28 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 33 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 19 county for net out-of-state inflow of 27
El Paso County DMA: El Paso No. 23 county for total inflow of No. 18 county for total outflow of No. 39 county for net inflow of No. 6 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 5 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 11 county for net out-of-state inflow of 28
Fort Bend County DMA: Fort Bend Sugar Land No. 9 county for total inflow of No. 8 county for total outflow of No. 10 county for net inflow of No. 11 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 10 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 21 county for net out-of-state inflow of 29
Galveston County DMA: Galveston No. 14 county for total inflow of No. 10 county for total outflow of No. 37 county for net inflow of No. 16 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 15 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 13 county for net out-of-state inflow of 30
Grayson County DMA: Sherman Denison No. 32 county for total inflow of No. 29 county for total outflow of No. 29 county for net inflow of No. 29 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 27 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 38 county for net out-of-state inflow of 31
Harrison County DMA: Longview Marshall No. 39 county for total inflow of No. 37 county for total outflow of No. 24 county for net inflow of No. 33 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 36 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 25 county for net out-of-state inflow of 32
Harris County DMA: Houston No. 1 county for total inflow of No. 1 county for total outflow of No. 42 county for net inflow of No. 1 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 1 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 1 county for net out-of-state inflow of 33
Hays County DMA: San Marcos No. 12 county for total inflow of No. 17 county for total outflow of No. 4 county for net inflow of No. 25 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 28 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 23 county for net out-of-state inflow of 34
Hidalgo County DMA: McAllen No. 16 county for total inflow of No. 15 county for total outflow of No. 32 county for net inflow of No. 12 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 11 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 20 county for net out-of-state inflow of 35
Jefferson County DMA: Beaumont Port Arthur No. 19 county for total inflow of No. 16 county for total outflow of No. 31 county for net inflow of No. 20 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 22 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 28 county for net out-of-state inflow of 36
Jones County DMA: Abilene No. 37 county for total inflow of No. 42 county for total outflow of No. 12 county for net inflow of No. 43 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 43 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 33 county for net out-of-state inflow of 37
Kerr County DMA: Kerrville No. 40 county for total inflow of No. 39 county for total outflow of No. 21 county for net inflow of No. 39 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 40 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 34 county for net out-of-state inflow of 38
Lamar County DMA: Paris No. 42 county for total inflow of No. 40 county for total outflow of No. 22 county for net inflow of No. 34 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 34 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 29 county for net out-of-state inflow of 39
Lubbock County DMA: Lubbock No. 11 county for total inflow of No. 12 county for total outflow of No. 7 county for net inflow of No. 17 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 17 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 12 county for net out-of-state inflow of 40
McLennan County DMA: Waco No. 18 county for total inflow of No. 19 county for total outflow of No. 13 county for net inflow of No. 19 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 18 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 26 county for net out-of-state inflow of 41
Midland County DMA: Midland Odessa No. 26 county for total inflow of No. 24 county for total outflow of No. 28 county for net inflow of No. 19 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 29 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 30 county for net out-of-state inflow of 42
Nacogdoches County DMA: Nacogdoches No. 28 county for total inflow of No. 34 county for total outflow of No. 11 county for net inflow of No. 38 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 38 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 24 county for net out-of-state inflow of 43
Nueces County DMA: Corpus Christi No. 13 county for total inflow of No. 14 county for total outflow of No. 17 county for net inflow of No. 14 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 14 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 17 county for net out-of-state inflow of 44
Potter County DMA: Amarillo No. 20 county for total inflow of No. 20 county for total outflow of No. 33 county for net inflow of No. 26 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 25 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 35 county for net out-of-state inflow of 45
Randall County DMA: Amarillo No. 21 county for total inflow of No. 23 county for total outflow of No. 27 county for net inflow of No. 31 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 26 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 40 county for net out-of-state inflow of 46
San Patricio County DMA: Corpus Christi No. 33 county for total inflow of No. 32 county for total outflow of No. 25 county for net inflow of No. 37 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 32 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 37 county for net out-of-state inflow of 47
Smith County DMA: Tyler No. 15 county for total inflow of No. 22 county for total outflow of No. 8 county for net inflow of No. 21 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 24 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 15 county for net out-of-state inflow of 48
Tarrant County DMA: Arlington Fort Worth No. 3 county for total inflow of No. 3 county for total outflow of No. 40 county for net inflow of No. 4 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 4 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 2 county for net out-of-state inflow of 49
Taylor County DMA: Abilene No. 25 county for total inflow of No. 43 county for total outflow of No. 6 county for net inflow of No. 24 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 20 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 43 county for net out-of-state inflow of 50
Tom Green County DMA: San Angelo No. 26 county for total inflow of No. 26 county for total outflow of No. 15 county for net inflow of No. 15 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 23 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 10 county for net out-of-state inflow of 51
Travis County DMA: Austin No. 4 county for total inflow of No. 4 county for total outflow of No. 9 county for net inflow of No. 5 county for total out-of-state inflow of No. 6 county for total out-of-state outflow of No. 3 county for net out-of-state inflow of 52
Victoria County DMA: Victoria No. 35 county for total inflow of No. 35 county for total outflow of No. 20 county for net inflow of No. 36 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 41 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 18 county for net out-of-state inflow of 53
Webb County DMA: Laredo No. 36 county for total inflow of No. 30 county for total outflow of No. 34 county for net inflow of No. 32 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 31 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 32 county for net out-of-state inflow of 54
Wichita County DMA: Wichita No. 29 county for total inflow of No. 31 county for total outflow of No. 19 county for net inflow of No. 13 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 13 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 14 county for net out-of-state inflow of 55
Williamson County DMA: Round Rock No. 8 county for total inflow of No. 9 county for total outflow of No. 3 county for net inflow of No. 10 county for total out-ofstate inflow of No. 12 county for total out-ofstate outflow of No. 5 county for net out-of-state inflow of 56