Who's moving to and from Cleveland County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 4,845 people in, 3,940 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+905 people
+390 households
Arrivals' income
$47.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$44.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Cleveland County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Cherokee County, SC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Gaston County1,447
  2. Mecklenburg County457
  3. Rutherford County345
  4. Lincoln County194
  5. Cherokee County, SC165
  6. York County, SC119
  7. Spartanburg County, SC102
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,681

Where did people go?

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

  1. Gaston County958
  2. Rutherford County356
  3. Lincoln County231
  4. Cherokee County, SC225
  5. Mecklenburg County206
  6. Spartanburg County, SC139
  7. York County, SC101
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,421

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
Net moves with Iredell County
withheld
Net moves with Guilford County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cleveland 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+39022–23††‡†
Net migration of Cleveland County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+98
2014–15 †−56
2015–16+119
2016–17 †+198
2017–18+183
2018–19 ‡+328
2019–20+327
2020–21+259
2021–22+427
2022–23 †+390

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 Cleveland County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/cleveland-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.