Who's moving to and from Norfolk County, Massachusetts?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 34,208 people in, 36,363 out. Most were moving between Massachusetts counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,155 people
−1,670 households
Arrivals' income
$113.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$130.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Norfolk County went in Massachusetts

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Massachusetts counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Providence County, RI, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Suffolk County9,272
  2. Middlesex County5,643
  3. Plymouth County3,440
  4. Bristol County1,984
  5. Worcester County1,288
  6. Providence County, RI801
  7. Essex County668
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,602

Where did people go?

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

  1. Suffolk County5,512
  2. Plymouth County5,078
  3. Middlesex County5,010
  4. Bristol County3,051
  5. Worcester County1,681
  6. Providence County, RI985
  7. Barnstable County949
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,082

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
381 people
Left for abroad
600 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Norfolk usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,67022–23††‡†
Net migration of Norfolk County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,074
2014–15 †−631
2015–16−1,765
2016–17 †−1,671
2017–18−452
2018–19 ‡−26
2019–20−1,253
2020–21−1,744
2021–22−2,206
2022–23 †−1,670

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 Norfolk County, Massachusetts?” movedwhere.com/county/norfolk-county-ma. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.