Who's moving to and from Charlottesville city, Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 3,480 people in, 4,316 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−836 people
−389 households
Arrivals' income
$87.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$79.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Charlottesville city went in Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Virginia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like District of Columbia, DC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Albemarle County1,063
  2. District of Columbia, DC92
  3. Fairfax County81
  4. Fluvanna County79
  5. Richmond city61
  6. Arlington County54
  7. Louisa County50
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,847

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Albemarle County1,470
  2. Fluvanna County132
  3. Richmond city120
  4. District of Columbia, DC88
  5. Fairfax County78
  6. New York County, NY75
  7. Greene County71
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,629

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
68 people
Net moves with Waynesboro city
withheld
Net moves with Nelson County
withheld
Net moves with Chesterfield County
withheld
Net moves with Orange County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Charlottesville usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−38922–23††‡†
Net migration of Charlottesville city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−273
2014–15 †+170
2015–16−264
2016–17 †−618
2017–18−485
2018–19 ‡−375
2019–20−591
2020–21−622
2021–22−546
2022–23 †−389

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 Charlottesville city, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/charlottesville-city-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.