Who's moving to and from Chesterfield County, Virginia?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 21,519 people in, 19,593 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,926 people
+584 households
Arrivals' income
$74.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$69.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Chesterfield County's newcomers came from in Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Richmond city4,358
  2. Henrico County3,354
  3. Petersburg city648
  4. Fairfax County469
  5. Colonial Heights city447
  6. Prince George County383
  7. Powhatan County370
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,660

Where did people go?

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

  1. Richmond city3,381
  2. Henrico County2,297
  3. Powhatan County718
  4. Petersburg city701
  5. Hanover County538
  6. Colonial Heights city470
  7. Prince George County452
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,467

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
183 people
Left for abroad
196 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Chesterfield usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+58422–23††‡†
Net migration of Chesterfield County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+775
2014–15 †−156
2015–16+687
2016–17 †+1,902
2017–18+997
2018–19 ‡+1,580
2019–20+1,595
2020–21+2,077
2021–22+2,182
2022–23 †+584

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 Chesterfield County, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/chesterfield-county-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.