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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,631 people in, 1,914 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−283 people
−159 households
Arrivals' income
$42.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$41.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Mercer 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 7 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Tazewell County, VA246
  2. McDowell County110
  3. Raleigh County99
  4. Giles County, VA57
  5. Summers County39
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,080

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Tazewell County, VA246
  2. Raleigh County105
  3. McDowell County101
  4. Summers County72
  5. Monroe County61
  6. Giles County, VA54
  7. Kanawha County50
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,225

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
Net moves with Monroe County
withheld
Net moves with Kanawha County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Mercer usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 8 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−15922–23††‡†
Net migration of Mercer County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−82
2014–15 †−119
2015–16−175
2016–17 †−225
2017–18−144
2018–19 ‡−111
2019–20−52
2020–21+17
2021–22+17
2022–23 †−159

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