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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 22,124 people in, 23,296 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,172 people
+505 households
Arrivals' income
$76.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$78.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Durham County went in North Carolina

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Wake County4,950
  2. Orange County2,046
  3. Alamance County545
  4. Guilford County479
  5. Mecklenburg County440
  6. Granville County357
  7. Chatham County260
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,951

Where did people go?

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

  1. Wake County5,610
  2. Orange County1,966
  3. Alamance County1,326
  4. Granville County598
  5. Mecklenburg County565
  6. Chatham County497
  7. Person County457
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,855

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
150 people
Left for abroad
216 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Durham usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+50522–23††‡†
Net migration of Durham County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+865
2014–15 †+801
2015–16+1,272
2016–17 †+530
2017–18+945
2018–19 ‡+780
2019–20+308
2020–21−408
2021–22+3
2022–23 †+505

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