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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 4,646 people in, 3,922 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

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Net change
+724 people
+162 households
Arrivals' income
$86.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Bedford County's newcomers came from in Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Virginia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Wake County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lynchburg city800
  2. Campbell County428
  3. Roanoke County308
  4. Roanoke city271
  5. Botetourt County156
  6. Franklin County144
  7. Amherst County135
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,224

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lynchburg city697
  2. Campbell County499
  3. Roanoke County244
  4. Roanoke city231
  5. Franklin County231
  6. Botetourt County134
  7. Amherst County91
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,574

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
Net moves with Appomattox County
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Net moves with Prince William County
withheld
Net moves with Montgomery County
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Net moves with Chesterfield County
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Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Bedford 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+16222–23††‡†
Net migration of Bedford County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+203
2014–15 †−30
2015–16+284
2016–17 †+416
2017–18+417
2018–19 ‡+56
2019–20+462
2020–21+429
2021–22+423
2022–23 †+162

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 Bedford County, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/bedford-county-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.