Who's moving to and from Fairfax city, Virginia?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,667 people in, 2,468 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+199 people
+168 households
Arrivals' income
$94.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$87.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Fairfax city'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, like Montgomery County, MD, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fairfax County1,297
  2. Arlington County139
  3. Prince William County125
  4. Alexandria city91
  5. Loudoun County88
  6. Montgomery County, MD58
  7. Prince George's County, MD53
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)766

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fairfax County1,099
  2. Prince William County162
  3. Loudoun County121
  4. Arlington County77
  5. Alexandria city43
  6. Montgomery County, MD38
  7. District of Columbia, DC37
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)864

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

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Fairfax usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+16822–23††‡†
Net migration of Fairfax city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−333
2014–15 †−127
2015–16−247
2016–17 †−320
2017–18−31
2018–19 ‡−242
2019–20−120
2020–21−211
2021–22−270
2022–23 †+168

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