Who's moving to and from Clay County, West Virginia?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 260 people in, 228 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+32 people
+5 households
Arrivals' income
$42.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$34.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Clay County's newcomers came from in West Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Kanawha County70
  2. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)190

Where did people go?

Almost all who left stayed in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Kanawha County85
  2. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)—

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
Moved out to other states
withheld
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the South
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Clay usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 8 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+522–23††‡†
Net migration of Clay County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−72
2014–15 †+6
2015–16−41
2016–17 †−23
2017–18−33
2018–19 ‡−44
2019–20−21
2020–21−55
2021–22−19
2022–23 †+5

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 Clay County, West Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/clay-county-wv. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.