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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 4,678 people in, 4,871 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−193 people
+64 households
Arrivals' income
$56.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$72.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Monongalia 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 Allegheny County, PA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Marion County347
  2. Preston County269
  3. Fayette County, PA138
  4. Harrison County136
  5. Allegheny County, PA130
  6. Kanawha County129
  7. Taylor County77
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,604

Where did people go?

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

  1. Marion County419
  2. Preston County296
  3. Allegheny County, PA185
  4. Harrison County160
  5. Fayette County, PA158
  6. Greene County, PA96
  7. Berkeley County75
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,984

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
40 people
Net moves with Upshur County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Monongalia 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+6422–23††‡†
Net migration of Monongalia County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−251
2014–15 †+348
2015–16−598
2016–17 †−1,242
2017–18−365
2018–19 ‡−412
2019–20−605
2020–21−542
2021–22−179
2022–23 †+64

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