Who's moving to and from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 14,990 people in, 15,499 out. Most were moving between Pennsylvania counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−509 people
−23 households
Arrivals' income
$68.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lancaster County went in Pennsylvania

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Pennsylvania counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Cecil County, MD, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. York County1,329
  2. Chester County1,284
  3. Berks County1,224
  4. Dauphin County848
  5. Lebanon County658
  6. Philadelphia County410
  7. Montgomery County380
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,505

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Pennsylvania. People, 2022–23.

  1. York County1,940
  2. Chester County1,020
  3. Berks County1,003
  4. Dauphin County1,000
  5. Lebanon County859
  6. Philadelphia County435
  7. Cumberland County349
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,011

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
153 people
Left for abroad
199 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lancaster usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2322–23††‡†
Net migration of Lancaster County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−83
2014–15 †−197
2015–16−485
2016–17 †−309
2017–18−530
2018–19 ‡−131
2019–20+132
2020–21−271
2021–22−478
2022–23 †−23

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 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania?” movedwhere.com/county/lancaster-county-pa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.