Who's moving to and from Erie County, New York?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 18,721 people in, 22,017 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−3,296 people
−2,627 households
Arrivals' income
$60.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$70.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Erie County went in New York

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in New York. People, 2022–23.

  1. Niagara County2,829
  2. Queens County990
  3. Monroe County789
  4. Kings County597
  5. Cattaraugus County527
  6. Bronx County515
  7. Chautauqua County502
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,392

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Niagara County3,468
  2. Monroe County750
  3. Cattaraugus County586
  4. Chautauqua County585
  5. Genesee County418
  6. Wyoming County358
  7. Mecklenburg County, NC337
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,703

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
257 people
Left for abroad
386 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Erie usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,62722–23††‡†
Net migration of Erie County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,454
2014–15 †−1,461
2015–16−2,140
2016–17 †−1,500
2017–18−1,624
2018–19 ‡−1,624
2019–20−1,716
2020–21−1,837
2021–22−2,649
2022–23 †−2,627

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Erie County, New York?” movedwhere.com/county/erie-county-ny. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.