Who's moving to and from DeKalb County, Alabama?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,832 people in, 2,442 out. Most were moving between Alabama counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+390 people
+120 households
Arrivals' income
$50.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$42.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where DeKalb County's newcomers came from in Alabama

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Alabama counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Hamilton County, TN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Alabama. People, 2022–23.

  1. Marshall County510
  2. Jackson County390
  3. Cherokee County160
  4. Etowah County156
  5. Hamilton County, TN89
  6. Madison County75
  7. Dade County, GA50
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,364

Where did people go?

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

  1. Jackson County478
  2. Marshall County444
  3. Etowah County180
  4. Cherokee County161
  5. Madison County97
  6. Hamilton County, TN53
  7. Jefferson County48
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)939

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
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Calhoun County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is DeKalb usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2018–19.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+12022–23††‡†
Net migration of DeKalb County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−38
2014–15 †+23
2015–16−36
2016–17 †+148
2017–18−60
2018–19 ‡+15
2019–20+208
2020–21+189
2021–22+235
2022–23 †+120

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 DeKalb County, Alabama?” movedwhere.com/county/dekalb-county-al. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.