Who's moving to and from Kanawha County, West Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 5,280 people in, 5,730 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−450 people
−240 households
Arrivals' income
$47.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$61.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Kanawha County went in West Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Putnam County885
  2. Cabell County262
  3. Boone County172
  4. Fayette County162
  5. Jackson County161
  6. Lincoln County147
  7. Raleigh County133
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,582

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Putnam County975
  2. Cabell County333
  3. Boone County167
  4. Jackson County161
  5. Lincoln County132
  6. Monongalia County129
  7. Fayette County104
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,892

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

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Kanawha usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−24022–23††‡†
Net migration of Kanawha County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−392
2014–15 †−638
2015–16−605
2016–17 †−1,338
2017–18−1,184
2018–19 ‡−694
2019–20−410
2020–21−426
2021–22−143
2022–23 †−240

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 Kanawha County, West Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/kanawha-county-wv. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.