Who's moving to and from Montgomery County, Maryland?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 41,338 people in, 50,273 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−8,935 people
−5,761 households
Arrivals' income
$98.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$102.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Montgomery County went in Maryland

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Maryland counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like District of Columbia, DC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Prince George's County6,486
  2. District of Columbia, DC5,079
  3. Fairfax County, VA1,651
  4. Frederick County1,492
  5. Howard County1,342
  6. Anne Arundel County928
  7. Arlington County, VA870
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,653

Where did people go?

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

  1. Prince George's County6,334
  2. Frederick County4,543
  3. District of Columbia, DC3,096
  4. Howard County2,311
  5. Fairfax County, VA2,168
  6. Anne Arundel County1,671
  7. Baltimore County978
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,366

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,066 people
Left for abroad
1,519 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Montgomery usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−5,76122–23††‡†
Net migration of Montgomery County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−2,140
2014–15 †−2,975
2015–16−4,553
2016–17 †−5,133
2017–18−4,909
2018–19 ‡−4,156
2019–20−4,767
2020–21−5,931
2021–22−6,312
2022–23 †−5,761

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 Montgomery County, Maryland?” movedwhere.com/county/montgomery-county-md. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.