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

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 16,165 people in, 16,320 out. Most were moving between Pennsylvania counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−155 people
−333 households
Arrivals' income
$66.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$66.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lehigh 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 Bronx County, NY, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in Pennsylvania. People, 2022–23.

  1. Northampton County3,957
  2. Bronx County, NY823
  3. Berks County766
  4. Bucks County582
  5. Montgomery County581
  6. Kings County, NY557
  7. Queens County, NY446
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,187

Where did people go?

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

  1. Northampton County4,553
  2. Berks County855
  3. Montgomery County533
  4. Carbon County525
  5. Philadelphia County456
  6. Schuylkill County414
  7. Bucks County413
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,732

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
191 people
Left for abroad
244 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lehigh usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−33322–23††‡†
Net migration of Lehigh County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−393
2014–15 †−153
2015–16−189
2016–17 †−691
2017–18−426
2018–19 ‡−325
2019–20−47
2020–21−13
2021–22−260
2022–23 †−333

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