Who's moving to and from Boyd County, Kentucky?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,152 people in, 2,019 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+133 people
+65 households
Arrivals' income
$50.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$47.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Boyd County's newcomers came from in Kentucky

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Kentucky counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Lawrence County, OH, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Greenup County494
  2. Lawrence County, OH243
  3. Carter County156
  4. Cabell County, WV125
  5. Wayne County, WV112
  6. Lawrence County71
  7. Scioto County, OH46
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)905

Where did people go?

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

  1. Greenup County496
  2. Lawrence County, OH220
  3. Carter County186
  4. Lawrence County93
  5. Cabell County, WV91
  6. Wayne County, WV91
  7. Fayette County43
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)759

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 Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Fayette County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Boyd 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+6522–23††‡†
Net migration of Boyd County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−61
2014–15 †−104
2015–16−52
2016–17 †−183
2017–18−14
2018–19 ‡−134
2019–20−78
2020–21+13
2021–22+108
2022–23 †+65

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 Boyd County, Kentucky?” movedwhere.com/county/boyd-county-ky. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.