Who's moving to and from Dorchester County, Maryland?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,715 people in, 1,151 out. Most were moving between Maryland counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+564 people
+284 households
Arrivals' income
$60.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$60.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Dorchester County's newcomers came from in Maryland

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Talbot County241
  2. Caroline County202
  3. Wicomico County145
  4. Anne Arundel County116
  5. Sussex County, DE92
  6. Prince George's County67
  7. Baltimore County63
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)665

Where did people go?

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

  1. Talbot County205
  2. Caroline County145
  3. Wicomico County138
  4. Sussex County, DE68
  5. Queen Anne's County33
  6. Baltimore County32
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)530

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 Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Anne Arundel County
withheld
Net moves with Prince George's County
withheld
Net moves with Baltimore city
withheld
Net moves with Montgomery County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Dorchester 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+28422–23††‡†
Net migration of Dorchester County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−6
2014–15 †−33
2015–16−67
2016–17 †−66
2017–18−23
2018–19 ‡−4
2019–20+102
2020–21+54
2021–22+99
2022–23 †+284

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 Dorchester County, Maryland?” movedwhere.com/county/dorchester-county-md. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.