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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 513 people in, 455 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+58 people
+24 households
Arrivals' income
$60.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$50.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Essex County's newcomers came from in Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Virginia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Spotsylvania County49
  2. Westmoreland County44
  3. Henrico County42
  4. Richmond County37
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)341

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Richmond County29
  2. Henrico County26
  3. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)400

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 from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Spotsylvania County
withheld
Net moves with Westmoreland County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Essex usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2018–19.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+2422–23††‡†
Net migration of Essex County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−43
2014–15 †+15
2015–16−26
2016–17 †+43
2017–18−17
2018–19 ‡+26
2019–20+24
2020–21+43
2021–22+18
2022–23 †+24

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