Who's moving to and from Lenoir County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,772 people in, 2,312 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+460 people
+247 households
Arrivals' income
$43.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$47.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Lenoir County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Wayne County417
  2. Pitt County374
  3. Greene County201
  4. Duplin County153
  5. Onslow County130
  6. Wake County122
  7. Craven County115
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,152

Where did people go?

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

  1. Pitt County359
  2. Wayne County293
  3. Greene County187
  4. Wake County116
  5. Duplin County114
  6. Onslow County74
  7. Jones County67
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)931

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
Net moves with Johnston County
withheld
Net moves with Carteret County
withheld
Net moves with Mecklenburg County
withheld
Net moves with Durham County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lenoir usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+24722–23††‡†
Net migration of Lenoir County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−62
2014–15 †+70
2015–16−309
2016–17 †−297
2017–18−358
2018–19 ‡+108
2019–20−72
2020–21−78
2021–22+131
2022–23 †+247

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 Lenoir County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/lenoir-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.