Who's moving to and from Arlington County, Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 22,944 people in, 24,646 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,702 people
+395 households
Arrivals' income
$93.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$123.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Arlington County 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 7 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fairfax County3,653
  2. District of Columbia, DC2,445
  3. Alexandria city1,552
  4. Montgomery County, MD864
  5. Prince William County567
  6. Loudoun County560
  7. Prince George's County, MD487
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,411

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fairfax County5,460
  2. Alexandria city2,023
  3. District of Columbia, DC1,991
  4. Montgomery County, MD870
  5. Loudoun County860
  6. Prince William County780
  7. Prince George's County, MD560
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,540

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
853 people
Left for abroad
962 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Arlington usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 8 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+39522–23††‡†
Net migration of Arlington County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−2,527
2014–15 †+191
2015–16−2,167
2016–17 †−4,855
2017–18−2,334
2018–19 ‡−2,125
2019–20−4,242
2020–21−3,662
2021–22−2,466
2022–23 †+395

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Arlington County, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/arlington-county-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.