Who's moving to and from New Hanover County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 14,238 people in, 12,529 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,709 people
+1,307 households
Arrivals' income
$80.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$64.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where New Hanover County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Horry County, SC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Brunswick County1,201
  2. Wake County1,015
  3. Pender County796
  4. Mecklenburg County432
  5. Onslow County372
  6. Guilford County197
  7. Durham County183
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,692

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Brunswick County2,149
  2. Pender County1,445
  3. Wake County707
  4. Onslow County457
  5. Mecklenburg County437
  6. Guilford County191
  7. Duplin County180
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,286

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
70 people
Left for abroad
112 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is New Hanover usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,30722–23††‡†
Net migration of New Hanover County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+716
2014–15 †+468
2015–16+753
2016–17 †+1,359
2017–18+731
2018–19 ‡+260
2019–20+859
2020–21+1,730
2021–22+1,535
2022–23 †+1,307

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 New Hanover County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/new-hanover-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.