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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 320 people in, 416 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−96 people
−36 households
Arrivals' income
$34.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$43.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving McDowell 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, like Tazewell County, VA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Mercer County101
  2. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)219

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Mercer County110
  2. Tazewell County, VA56
  3. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)250

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 McDowell usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−3622–23††‡†
Net migration of McDowell County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−111
2014–15 †−84
2015–16−138
2016–17 †−127
2017–18−90
2018–19 ‡−126
2019–20−96
2020–21−98
2021–22−97
2022–23 †−36

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