Who's moving to and from Middlesex County, Massachusetts?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 64,998 people in, 75,000 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−10,002 people
−4,549 households
Arrivals' income
$106.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$125.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Middlesex County went in Massachusetts

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Massachusetts counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Hillsborough County, NH, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Suffolk County13,242
  2. Essex County6,252
  3. Norfolk County5,010
  4. Worcester County4,356
  5. Hillsborough County, NH1,666
  6. Plymouth County894
  7. Rockingham County, NH827
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,283

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Suffolk County9,405
  2. Worcester County7,627
  3. Essex County7,552
  4. Norfolk County5,643
  5. Hillsborough County, NH3,235
  6. Rockingham County, NH1,689
  7. Plymouth County1,337
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,049

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,043 people
Left for abroad
2,106 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Middlesex usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4,54922–23††‡†
Net migration of Middlesex County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−2,989
2014–15 †−1,245
2015–16−4,523
2016–17 †−8,830
2017–18−5,450
2018–19 ‡−5,439
2019–20−8,575
2020–21−9,422
2021–22−8,353
2022–23 †−4,549

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 Middlesex County, Massachusetts?” movedwhere.com/county/middlesex-county-ma. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.