Who's moving to and from New Castle County, Delaware?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 19,689 people in, 19,098 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

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Net change
+591 people
+234 households
Arrivals' income
$77.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$79.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where New Castle County's newcomers came from in Delaware

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

No published arrivals from other Delaware counties to map for 2022–23.

Moves to and from other Delaware counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Philadelphia County, PA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 9 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Philadelphia County, PA2,129
  2. Delaware County, PA1,997
  3. Chester County, PA1,083
  4. Cecil County, MD878
  5. Montgomery County, PA440
  6. Kings County, NY358
  7. Camden County, NJ335
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,203

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Philadelphia County, PA1,299
  2. Delaware County, PA1,243
  3. Chester County, PA1,179
  4. Cecil County, MD1,151
  5. Montgomery County, PA300
  6. Camden County, NJ186
  7. Gloucester County, NJ168
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)7,567

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
205 people
Left for abroad
285 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is New Castle usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+23422–23††‡†
Net migration of New Castle County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−776
2014–15 †−196
2015–16−559
2016–17 †−970
2017–18−97
2018–19 ‡−25
2019–20−17
2020–21+325
2021–22+744
2022–23 †+234

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 New Castle County, Delaware?” movedwhere.com/county/new-castle-county-de. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.