Who's moving to and from Mercer County, New Jersey?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 14,201 people in, 16,784 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,583 people
−1,739 households
Arrivals' income
$98.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$106.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Mercer County went in New Jersey

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other New Jersey counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Bucks County, PA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in New Jersey. People, 2022–23.

  1. Middlesex County2,407
  2. Burlington County1,049
  3. Somerset County765
  4. Bucks County, PA727
  5. Hudson County487
  6. Monmouth County441
  7. Kings County, NY424
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,843

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Burlington County2,213
  2. Middlesex County1,652
  3. Bucks County, PA1,119
  4. Somerset County576
  5. Monmouth County517
  6. Ocean County466
  7. Philadelphia County, PA449
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,765

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
198 people
Left for abroad
395 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Mercer usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,73922–23††‡†
Net migration of Mercer County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,632
2014–15 †−1,049
2015–16−1,579
2016–17 †−1,709
2017–18−1,198
2018–19 ‡−1,047
2019–20−1,098
2020–21−1,077
2021–22−1,946
2022–23 †−1,739

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