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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 24,467 people in, 28,440 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−3,973 people
−1,554 households
Arrivals' income
$60.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$74.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Jefferson 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 Clark County, IN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Bullitt County1,950
  2. Oldham County1,292
  3. Clark County, IN1,063
  4. Hardin County751
  5. Fayette County712
  6. Miami-Dade County, FL661
  7. Shelby County648
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,166

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Bullitt County2,795
  2. Oldham County1,896
  3. Clark County, IN1,731
  4. Floyd County, IN1,054
  5. Shelby County1,038
  6. Hardin County819
  7. Fayette County621
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,990

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
170 people
Left for abroad
203 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Jefferson usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,55422–23††‡†
Net migration of Jefferson County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−346
2014–15 †−37
2015–16−821
2016–17 †−1,938
2017–18−1,441
2018–19 ‡−1,632
2019–20−1,277
2020–21−2,353
2021–22−1,475
2022–23 †−1,554

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