Who's moving to and from Cherokee County, Georgia?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 19,284 people in, 15,585 out. Most were moving between Georgia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+3,699 people
+1,655 households
Arrivals' income
$90.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$78.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Cherokee County's newcomers came from in Georgia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Georgia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Broward County, FL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Cobb County4,355
  2. Fulton County2,751
  3. Forsyth County1,110
  4. Gwinnett County687
  5. DeKalb County627
  6. Bartow County528
  7. Paulding County497
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,198

Where did people go?

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

  1. Cobb County2,901
  2. Fulton County1,231
  3. Bartow County1,064
  4. Pickens County878
  5. Paulding County621
  6. Forsyth County615
  7. Gwinnett County417
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,454

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
69 people
Left for abroad
97 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cherokee 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+1,65522–23††‡†
Net migration of Cherokee County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,403
2014–15 †+945
2015–16+1,721
2016–17 †+2,944
2017–18+2,159
2018–19 ‡+1,932
2019–20+2,391
2020–21+2,521
2021–22+1,993
2022–23 †+1,655

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 Cherokee County, Georgia?” movedwhere.com/county/cherokee-county-ga. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.