Who's moving to and from Essex County, Massachusetts?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 24,845 people in, 27,406 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,561 people
−1,820 households
Arrivals' income
$105.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$100.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Essex County went in Massachusetts

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Massachusetts counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Rockingham County, NH, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Middlesex County7,552
  2. Suffolk County4,352
  3. Rockingham County, NH1,280
  4. Norfolk County748
  5. Hillsborough County, NH627
  6. Worcester County558
  7. Bronx County, NY316
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,977

Where did people go?

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

  1. Middlesex County6,252
  2. Suffolk County2,736
  3. Rockingham County, NH2,649
  4. Hillsborough County, NH1,041
  5. Worcester County986
  6. Norfolk County668
  7. Plymouth County349
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,251

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
227 people
Left for abroad
391 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Essex usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,82022–23††‡†
Net migration of Essex County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−466
2014–15 †−980
2015–16−1,120
2016–17 †−702
2017–18−1,156
2018–19 ‡−1,495
2019–20−684
2020–21−1,334
2021–22−2,172
2022–23 †−1,820

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 Essex County, Massachusetts?” movedwhere.com/county/essex-county-ma. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.