Who's moving to and from Berkeley County, South Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 23,161 people in, 17,751 out. Most were moving between South Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+5,410 people
+3,086 households
Arrivals' income
$72.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$67.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Berkeley County's newcomers came from in South Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Charleston County5,708
  2. Dorchester County3,559
  3. Orangeburg County234
  4. Richland County233
  5. Mecklenburg County, NC219
  6. Greenville County194
  7. San Diego County, CA190
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,477

Where did people go?

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

  1. Charleston County3,878
  2. Dorchester County3,205
  3. Orangeburg County284
  4. Kitsap County, WA230
  5. Richland County221
  6. Colleton County201
  7. Greenville County196
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,817

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
217 people
Left for abroad
200 people
Net moves with Clarendon County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Berkeley usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+3,08622–23††‡†
Net migration of Berkeley County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+374
2014–15 †+133
2015–16+4,185
2016–17 †+2,037
2017–18+1,648
2018–19 ‡+1,363
2019–20+1,443
2020–21+1,921
2021–22+2,928
2022–23 †+3,086

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 Berkeley County, South Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/berkeley-county-sc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.