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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,064 people in, 865 out. Most were moving between Kentucky counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+199 people
+42 households
Arrivals' income
$47.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$40.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Carter 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Kentucky. People, 2022–23.

  1. Boyd County186
  2. Rowan County112
  3. Greenup County109
  4. Elliott County84
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)573

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Kentucky. People, 2022–23.

  1. Boyd County156
  2. Rowan County119
  3. Greenup County113
  4. Elliott County64
  5. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)413

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 from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Carter 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+4222–23††‡†
Net migration of Carter County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−19
2014–15 †−53
2015–16−63
2016–17 †−65
2017–18−27
2018–19 ‡−39
2019–20−72
2020–21+51
2021–22+25
2022–23 †+42

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