Who's moving to and from Kent County, Rhode Island?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 7,797 people in, 7,333 out. Most were moving between Rhode Island counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+464 people
+338 households
Arrivals' income
$73.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$76.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Kent County's newcomers came from in Rhode Island

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Rhode Island counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Bristol County, MA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Providence County3,774
  2. Washington County851
  3. Bristol County, MA294
  4. Norfolk County, MA131
  5. Middlesex County, MA109
  6. Worcester County, MA91
  7. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT91
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,071

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Rhode Island. People, 2022–23.

  1. Providence County2,883
  2. Washington County819
  3. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT221
  4. Bristol County, MA200
  5. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT164
  6. Middlesex County, MA84
  7. Worcester County, MA83
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,428

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
47 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 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+33822–23††‡†
Net migration of Kent County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−109
2014–15 †−111
2015–16+186
2016–17 †+237
2017–18+272
2018–19 ‡+353
2019–20+385
2020–21+634
2021–22+428
2022–23 †+338

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, Rhode Island?” movedwhere.com/county/kent-county-ri. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.