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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 9,067 people in, 10,124 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,057 people
−819 households
Arrivals' income
$89.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$85.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Orange County went in North Carolina

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Durham County1,966
  2. Wake County903
  3. Alamance County742
  4. Chatham County287
  5. Guilford County176
  6. Mecklenburg County173
  7. Person County104
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,366

Where did people go?

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

  1. Durham County2,046
  2. Alamance County1,152
  3. Wake County1,118
  4. Chatham County577
  5. Mecklenburg County228
  6. Guilford County169
  7. Person County148
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,948

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
65 people
Left for abroad
121 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Orange usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−81922–23††‡†
Net migration of Orange County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−408
2014–15 †+16
2015–16−256
2016–17 †−223
2017–18−58
2018–19 ‡−302
2019–20−264
2020–21−200
2021–22−107
2022–23 †−819

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