Who's moving to and from Brunswick County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 13,587 people in, 7,252 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+6,335 people
+3,487 households
Arrivals' income
$103.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$71.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Brunswick County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Horry County, SC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. New Hanover County2,149
  2. Wake County615
  3. Horry County, SC356
  4. Mecklenburg County345
  5. Columbus County220
  6. Guilford County205
  7. Cumberland County203
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,615

Where did people go?

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

  1. New Hanover County1,201
  2. Horry County, SC416
  3. Columbus County323
  4. Wake County285
  5. Pender County197
  6. Mecklenburg County165
  7. Onslow County134
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,643

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
48 people
Left for abroad
63 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Brunswick 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+3,48722–23††‡†
Net migration of Brunswick County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,470
2014–15 †+866
2015–16+1,879
2016–17 †+4,086
2017–18+2,779
2018–19 ‡+2,641
2019–20+3,436
2020–21+3,987
2021–22+3,752
2022–23 †+3,487

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 Brunswick County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/brunswick-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.