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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 4,394 people in, 3,283 out. Most were moving between Tennessee counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,111 people
+530 households
Arrivals' income
$59.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$48.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Jefferson County's newcomers came from in Tennessee

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Tennessee. People, 2022–23.

  1. Sevier County673
  2. Hamblen County611
  3. Knox County599
  4. Cocke County198
  5. Grainger County151
  6. Blount County88
  7. Anderson County50
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,901

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Tennessee. People, 2022–23.

  1. Hamblen County676
  2. Knox County493
  3. Sevier County383
  4. Cocke County246
  5. Grainger County115
  6. Blount County62
  7. Anderson County60
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,146

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
Net moves with Washington County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Jefferson usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+53022–23††‡†
Net migration of Jefferson County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+75
2014–15 †+198
2015–16+93
2016–17 †+342
2017–18+343
2018–19 ‡+284
2019–20+371
2020–21+573
2021–22+560
2022–23 †+530

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, Tennessee?” movedwhere.com/county/jefferson-county-tn. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.