Who's moving to and from Mercer County, Kentucky?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,338 people in, 1,056 out. Most were moving between Kentucky counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+282 people
+141 households
Arrivals' income
$56.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$48.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Mercer County's newcomers came from in Kentucky

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Boyle County240
  2. Fayette County141
  3. Jessamine County75
  4. Anderson County71
  5. Woodford County60
  6. Franklin County51
  7. Garrard County46
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)608

Where did people go?

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

  1. Boyle County204
  2. Fayette County108
  3. Lincoln County85
  4. Anderson County79
  5. Jessamine County53
  6. Franklin County40
  7. Madison County36
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)451

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 to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Woodford County
withheld
Net moves with Garrard County
withheld
Net moves with Madison County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Mercer usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2016–17.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+14122–23††‡†
Net migration of Mercer County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−10
2014–15 †−25
2015–16−2
2016–17 †+180
2017–18+16
2018–19 ‡+20
2019–20+121
2020–21+136
2021–22+119
2022–23 †+141

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 Mercer County, Kentucky?” movedwhere.com/county/mercer-county-ky. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.