Who's moving to and from Columbia County, Pennsylvania?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,292 people in, 2,062 out. Most were moving between Pennsylvania counties.

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Net change
+230 people
+91 households
Arrivals' income
$51.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$56.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Columbia County's newcomers came from in Pennsylvania

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Luzerne County542
  2. Northumberland County239
  3. Montour County209
  4. Lycoming County103
  5. Schuylkill County86
  6. Union County42
  7. Lackawanna County37
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)961

Where did people go?

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

  1. Luzerne County366
  2. Northumberland County226
  3. Montour County186
  4. Lycoming County116
  5. Schuylkill County59
  6. Montgomery County36
  7. Lackawanna County35
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)985

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 Columbia usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+9122–23††‡†
Net migration of Columbia County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−84
2014–15 †−81
2015–16−86
2016–17 †−23
2017–18−29
2018–19 ‡−46
2019–20+70
2020–21+152
2021–22+84
2022–23 †+91

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 Columbia County, Pennsylvania?” movedwhere.com/county/columbia-county-pa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.