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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 16,567 people in, 14,159 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+2,408 people
+1,084 households
Arrivals' income
$69.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$64.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Cabarrus 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 York County, SC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Mecklenburg County5,924
  2. Rowan County1,295
  3. Iredell County399
  4. Stanly County350
  5. Union County349
  6. Wake County232
  7. Gaston County229
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,254

Where did people go?

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

  1. Mecklenburg County3,747
  2. Rowan County2,080
  3. Stanly County682
  4. Iredell County565
  5. Union County455
  6. Gaston County319
  7. Wake County203
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,255

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
67 people
Left for abroad
85 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cabarrus 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+1,08422–23††‡†
Net migration of Cabarrus County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,137
2014–15 †+845
2015–16+1,622
2016–17 †+2,302
2017–18+1,635
2018–19 ‡+1,550
2019–20+1,555
2020–21+1,398
2021–22+1,342
2022–23 †+1,084

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