Who's moving to and from Fairfield County, Connecticut?

About as many arrived as left in 2020–21: 38,543 people in, 38,865 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−322 people
−820 households
Arrivals' income
$194.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$173.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Fairfield County went in Connecticut

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Connecticut counties, 2020–21. Out-of-state moves, like Westchester County, NY, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 came from other states. People, 2020–21.

  1. Westchester County, NY6,100
  2. New York County, NY5,537
  3. New Haven County4,010
  4. Bronx County, NY2,968
  5. Kings County, NY2,180
  6. Queens County, NY1,794
  7. Litchfield County842
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)—

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2020–21.

  1. New Haven County8,127
  2. Westchester County, NY1,595
  3. New York County, NY1,540
  4. Litchfield County1,387
  5. Hartford County1,221
  6. Palm Beach County, FL946
  7. Bronx County, NY589
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)—

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
53 people
Left for abroad
67 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Fairfield usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–20−82020–21††‡
Net migration of Fairfield County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−2,217
2014–15 †−2,269
2015–16−3,607
2016–17 †−4,032
2017–18−3,337
2018–19 ‡−3,100
2019–20−1,089
2020–21−820

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Fairfield County, Connecticut?” movedwhere.com/county/fairfield-county-ct. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2020–21.