Who's moving to and from Lee County, South Carolina?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 620 people in, 761 out. Most were moving between South Carolina counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−141 people
−75 households
Arrivals' income
$34.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$36.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lee County went in South Carolina

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in South Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Sumter County133
  2. Darlington County93
  3. Kershaw County73
  4. Florence County51
  5. Richland County45
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)225

Where did people go?

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

  1. Sumter County168
  2. Darlington County106
  3. Kershaw County99
  4. Florence County76
  5. Richland County72
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)240

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 from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lee usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 8 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−7522–23††‡†
Net migration of Lee County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−8
2014–15 †−8
2015–16−45
2016–17 †−43
2017–18−22
2018–19 ‡−95
2019–20−45
2020–21+86
2021–22+7
2022–23 †−75

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 Lee County, South Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/lee-county-sc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.