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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 64,300 people in, 73,741 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−9,441 people
−4,764 households
Arrivals' income
$105.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$112.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Fairfax County went in Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Alexandria city5,542
  2. Arlington County5,460
  3. Loudoun County4,676
  4. Prince William County4,666
  5. District of Columbia, DC2,572
  6. Prince George's County, MD2,182
  7. Montgomery County, MD2,168
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,933

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Loudoun County7,977
  2. Prince William County7,952
  3. Alexandria city3,753
  4. Arlington County3,653
  5. Prince George's County, MD1,799
  6. Montgomery County, MD1,651
  7. District of Columbia, DC1,483
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)8,922

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
2,980 people
Left for abroad
2,712 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Fairfax usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4,76422–23††‡†
Net migration of Fairfax County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−9,109
2014–15 †−4,885
2015–16−6,764
2016–17 †−7,890
2017–18−5,472
2018–19 ‡−5,115
2019–20−5,842
2020–21−6,443
2021–22−6,469
2022–23 †−4,764

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