Who's moving to and from Cherokee County, South Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,656 people in, 2,119 out. Most were moving between South Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+537 people
+223 households
Arrivals' income
$46.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$43.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Cherokee County's newcomers came from in South Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other South Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Cleveland County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Spartanburg County812
  2. Cleveland County, NC225
  3. York County213
  4. Gaston County, NC129
  5. Greenville County89
  6. Mecklenburg County, NC77
  7. Rutherford County, NC61
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)996

Where did people go?

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

  1. Spartanburg County749
  2. Cleveland County, NC165
  3. Greenville County118
  4. York County103
  5. Gaston County, NC69
  6. Union County53
  7. Mecklenburg County, NC44
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)818

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

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+22322–23††‡†
Net migration of Cherokee County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+14
2014–15 †+31
2015–16+67
2016–17 †+75
2017–18+122
2018–19 ‡+92
2019–20+20
2020–21+59
2021–22+186
2022–23 †+223

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, South Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/cherokee-county-sc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.