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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 20,739 people in, 22,635 out. Most were moving between Pennsylvania counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,896 people
−1,482 households
Arrivals' income
$97.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$91.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Delaware County went in Pennsylvania

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Philadelphia County8,248
  2. Montgomery County1,905
  3. Chester County1,895
  4. New Castle County, DE1,243
  5. Bucks County337
  6. Kings County, NY248
  7. Queens County, NY246
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,166

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Pennsylvania. People, 2022–23.

  1. Philadelphia County4,819
  2. Chester County3,183
  3. Montgomery County2,099
  4. New Castle County, DE1,997
  5. Bucks County400
  6. Gloucester County, NJ373
  7. Camden County, NJ328
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,028

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
117 people
Left for abroad
168 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Delaware usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,48222–23††‡†
Net migration of Delaware County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,091
2014–15 †−567
2015–16−1,321
2016–17 †−939
2017–18−527
2018–19 ‡−617
2019–20−509
2020–21−1,343
2021–22−1,089
2022–23 †−1,482

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