Who's moving to and from Alexander County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,488 people in, 1,314 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+174 people
+99 households
Arrivals' income
$58.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$49.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Alexander County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Catawba County383
  2. Iredell County258
  3. Caldwell County144
  4. Mecklenburg County68
  5. Wilkes County42
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)593

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Catawba County400
  2. Iredell County232
  3. Caldwell County134
  4. Burke County56
  5. Wilkes County50
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)442

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Smaller moves to the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Mecklenburg County
withheld
Net moves with Burke County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Alexander usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+9922–23††‡†
Net migration of Alexander County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+19
2014–15 †−2
2015–16+89
2016–17 †+75
2017–18+163
2018–19 ‡+52
2019–20+95
2020–21+202
2021–22+146
2022–23 †+99

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Alexander County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/alexander-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.