Who's moving to and from Bristol County, Massachusetts?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 17,528 people in, 16,900 out. Most were moving between Massachusetts counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+628 people
+168 households
Arrivals' income
$71.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$79.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Bristol County's newcomers came from in Massachusetts

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Massachusetts counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Providence County, RI, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Plymouth County3,742
  2. Norfolk County3,051
  3. Providence County, RI1,685
  4. Suffolk County1,444
  5. Middlesex County962
  6. Worcester County473
  7. Newport County, RI470
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,966

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Plymouth County2,797
  2. Providence County, RI2,122
  3. Norfolk County1,984
  4. Suffolk County821
  5. Middlesex County700
  6. Worcester County596
  7. Barnstable County488
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,362

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
121 people
Left for abroad
117 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Bristol usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2016–17.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+16822–23††‡†
Net migration of Bristol County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+241
2014–15 †−145
2015–16−135
2016–17 †+1,323
2017–18+409
2018–19 ‡+167
2019–20+688
2020–21+333
2021–22+60
2022–23 †+168

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 Bristol County, Massachusetts?” movedwhere.com/county/bristol-county-ma. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.