Who's moving to and from Alexandria city, Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 17,813 people in, 19,733 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,920 people
+299 households
Arrivals' income
$96.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$105.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Alexandria city went in Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Virginia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like District of Columbia, DC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fairfax County3,753
  2. Arlington County2,023
  3. District of Columbia, DC1,608
  4. Prince George's County, MD786
  5. Prince William County754
  6. Montgomery County, MD446
  7. Loudoun County284
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,170

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fairfax County5,542
  2. Arlington County1,552
  3. Prince William County1,322
  4. Prince George's County, MD982
  5. District of Columbia, DC753
  6. Montgomery County, MD474
  7. Loudoun County446
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,213

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
414 people
Left for abroad
474 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Alexandria usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+29922–23††‡†
Net migration of Alexandria city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−608
2014–15 †+404
2015–16+201
2016–17 †−1,129
2017–18−635
2018–19 ‡−65
2019–20−1,476
2020–21−1,447
2021–22−25
2022–23 †+299

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 Alexandria city, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/alexandria-city-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.