Who's moving to and from Fayette County, Kentucky?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 13,568 people in, 15,286 out. Most were moving between Kentucky counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,718 people
−543 households
Arrivals' income
$58.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$69.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Fayette County went in Kentucky

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Kentucky counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Hamilton County, OH, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Jessamine County910
  2. Madison County694
  3. Scott County645
  4. Jefferson County621
  5. Clark County334
  6. Woodford County288
  7. Franklin County286
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,435

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Kentucky. People, 2022–23.

  1. Jessamine County1,332
  2. Madison County1,110
  3. Scott County975
  4. Jefferson County712
  5. Clark County519
  6. Woodford County479
  7. Franklin County328
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,075

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
74 people
Left for abroad
130 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Fayette usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−54322–23††‡†
Net migration of Fayette County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−658
2014–15 †+250
2015–16−333
2016–17 †−1,742
2017–18−809
2018–19 ‡−686
2019–20−1,186
2020–21−1,143
2021–22−1,114
2022–23 †−543

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 Fayette County, Kentucky?” movedwhere.com/county/fayette-county-ky. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.