Who's moving to and from Lincoln County, West Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 574 people in, 695 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−121 people
−63 households
Arrivals' income
$40.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$46.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lincoln County went in West Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Kanawha County132
  2. Cabell County96
  3. Boone County52
  4. Putnam County48
  5. Logan County42
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)204

Where did people go?

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

  1. Kanawha County147
  2. Cabell County146
  3. Logan County75
  4. Putnam County43
  5. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)284

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 West
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Smaller moves to the Northeast
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Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Boone County
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Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lincoln usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−6322–23††‡†
Net migration of Lincoln County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−18
2014–15 †−43
2015–16−45
2016–17 †−79
2017–18−28
2018–19 ‡−32
2019–20−95
2020–21−19
2021–22+13
2022–23 †−63

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 Lincoln County, West Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/lincoln-county-wv. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.