Who's moving to and from Jefferson County, Georgia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 579 people in, 629 out. Most were moving between Georgia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−50 people
−35 households
Arrivals' income
$37.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$35.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Jefferson County went in Georgia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Richmond County98
  2. Columbia County55
  3. Burke County53
  4. McDuffie County42
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)331

Where did people go?

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

  1. Richmond County150
  2. Burke County53
  3. Columbia County50
  4. Washington County45
  5. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)331

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 Washington County
withheld
Net moves with McDuffie County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Jefferson usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2017–18.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−3522–23††‡†
Net migration of Jefferson County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−41
2014–15 †−78
2015–16−28
2016–17 †+2
2017–18−37
2018–19 ‡−62
2019–20−55
2020–21−1
2021–22−23
2022–23 †−35

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 Jefferson County, Georgia?” movedwhere.com/county/jefferson-county-ga. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.