Who's moving to and from Essex County, New Jersey?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 32,571 people in, 39,166 out. Most were moving between New Jersey counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−6,595 people
−3,626 households
Arrivals' income
$96.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$92.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Essex County went in New Jersey

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Hudson County4,661
  2. Union County3,317
  3. Kings County, NY2,965
  4. Passaic County2,234
  5. Bergen County1,980
  6. New York County, NY1,584
  7. Bronx County, NY1,505
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,371

Where did people go?

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

  1. Union County5,043
  2. Hudson County2,673
  3. Morris County2,640
  4. Middlesex County2,008
  5. Bergen County1,989
  6. Passaic County1,939
  7. Kings County, NY1,175
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,324

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
236 people
Left for abroad
424 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−3,62622–23††‡†
Net migration of Essex County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−2,596
2014–15 †−2,279
2015–16−2,346
2016–17 †−2,116
2017–18−2,175
2018–19 ‡−1,761
2019–20−3,444
2020–21−4,147
2021–22−4,142
2022–23 †−3,626

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, New Jersey?” movedwhere.com/county/essex-county-nj. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.