Who's moving to and from Kent County, Delaware?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 9,479 people in, 7,964 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

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Net change
+1,515 people
+771 households
Arrivals' income
$56.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$56.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Kent County's newcomers came from in Delaware

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

No published arrivals from other Delaware counties to map for 2022–23.

Moves to and from other Delaware counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Philadelphia County, PA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Philadelphia County, PA588
  2. Delaware County, PA196
  3. Kings County, NY183
  4. Queens County, NY143
  5. Caroline County, MD114
  6. Anne Arundel County, MD90
  7. Wicomico County, MD88
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,562

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Philadelphia County, PA145
  2. Cecil County, MD95
  3. Delaware County, PA83
  4. Caroline County, MD72
  5. Baltimore County, MD71
  6. Bexar County, TX67
  7. Hillsborough County, FL56
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,563

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
230 people
Left for abroad
184 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Kent 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+77122–23††‡†
Net migration of Kent County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+294
2014–15 †+326
2015–16+244
2016–17 †+647
2017–18+711
2018–19 ‡+612
2019–20+788
2020–21+766
2021–22+759
2022–23 †+771

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 Kent County, Delaware?” movedwhere.com/county/kent-county-de. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.