Who's moving to and from Laurel County, Kentucky?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,907 people in, 2,523 out. Most were moving between Kentucky counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+384 people
+174 households
Arrivals' income
$43.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$42.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Laurel County's newcomers came from in Kentucky

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Kentucky. People, 2022–23.

  1. Whitley County568
  2. Knox County410
  3. Clay County244
  4. Jackson County120
  5. Madison County93
  6. Pulaski County87
  7. Bell County62
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,077

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Kentucky. People, 2022–23.

  1. Whitley County436
  2. Knox County423
  3. Clay County191
  4. Madison County152
  5. Jackson County112
  6. Pulaski County98
  7. Fayette County69
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)991

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
Smaller moves to the Northeast
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Net moves with Bell County
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Net moves with Harlan County
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Net moves with Perry County
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Net moves with Leslie County
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Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Laurel usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+17422–23††‡†
Net migration of Laurel County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−26
2014–15 †−66
2015–16+47
2016–17 †+82
2017–18+75
2018–19 ‡−41
2019–20+156
2020–21+160
2021–22+189
2022–23 †+174

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 Laurel County, Kentucky?” movedwhere.com/county/laurel-county-ky. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.