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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 17,484 people in, 14,536 out. Most were moving between South Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+2,948 people
+1,097 households
Arrivals' income
$65.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Lexington County's newcomers came from in South Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Richland County5,649
  2. Aiken County380
  3. Orangeburg County358
  4. Greenville County239
  5. Mecklenburg County, NC228
  6. Charleston County218
  7. Saluda County208
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,272

Where did people go?

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

  1. Richland County4,779
  2. Aiken County445
  3. Newberry County412
  4. Greenville County372
  5. Charleston County280
  6. Saluda County271
  7. Mecklenburg County, NC250
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,631

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
86 people
Left for abroad
79 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lexington usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,09722–23††‡†
Net migration of Lexington County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+817
2014–15 †+519
2015–16+1,087
2016–17 †+1,536
2017–18+1,412
2018–19 ‡+1,228
2019–20+1,743
2020–21+2,000
2021–22+1,201
2022–23 †+1,097

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Lexington County, South Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/lexington-county-sc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.