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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 667 people in, 681 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−14 people
−15 households
Arrivals' income
$50.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$40.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Nicholas 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fayette County89
  2. Webster County79
  3. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)499

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fayette County95
  2. Webster County75
  3. Kanawha County51
  4. Raleigh County31
  5. Monongalia County30
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)399

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
withheld
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Kanawha County
withheld
Net moves with Raleigh County
withheld
Net moves with Monongalia County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Nicholas 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1522–23††‡†
Net migration of Nicholas County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−51
2014–15 †−54
2015–16−87
2016–17 †−13
2017–18−106
2018–19 ‡−30
2019–20−15
2020–21+39
2021–22+22
2022–23 †−15

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