Who's moving to and from Newport News city, Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 13,831 people in, 15,435 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,604 people
−609 households
Arrivals' income
$46.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$48.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Newport News city went in Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Virginia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Cumberland County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Hampton city3,280
  2. York County959
  3. Norfolk city503
  4. Virginia Beach city441
  5. James City County408
  6. Chesapeake city288
  7. Portsmouth city254
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,770

Where did people go?

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

  1. Hampton city3,375
  2. York County1,175
  3. James City County522
  4. Norfolk city472
  5. Virginia Beach city464
  6. Suffolk city331
  7. Chesapeake city327
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,078

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
340 people
Left for abroad
278 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Newport News usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−60922–23††‡†
Net migration of Newport News city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−792
2014–15 †−299
2015–16−631
2016–17 †−1,856
2017–18−561
2018–19 ‡−516
2019–20−924
2020–21−788
2021–22−614
2022–23 †−609

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 Newport News city, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/newport-news-city-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.