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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 36,642 people in, 42,074 out. Most were moving between New Jersey counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−5,432 people
−3,468 households
Arrivals' income
$86.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$95.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Middlesex 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 Kings County, NY, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in New Jersey. People, 2022–23.

  1. Union County4,376
  2. Somerset County3,200
  3. Hudson County3,074
  4. Monmouth County2,339
  5. Kings County, NY2,034
  6. Essex County2,008
  7. Mercer County1,652
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,841

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in New Jersey. People, 2022–23.

  1. Somerset County4,830
  2. Monmouth County3,282
  3. Union County2,764
  4. Mercer County2,407
  5. Ocean County1,471
  6. Hudson County1,362
  7. Essex County1,159
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,474

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
328 people
Left for abroad
598 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−3,46822–23††‡†
Net migration of Middlesex County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−3,116
2014–15 †−2,704
2015–16−4,403
2016–17 †−5,558
2017–18−4,176
2018–19 ‡−3,154
2019–20−2,802
2020–21−1,966
2021–22−3,607
2022–23 †−3,468

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