Who's moving to and from Petersburg city, Virginia?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 3,639 people in, 3,382 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+257 people
+124 households
Arrivals' income
$37.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$40.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Petersburg city's newcomers came from in Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Chesterfield County701
  2. Richmond city446
  3. Prince George County315
  4. Hopewell city226
  5. Henrico County199
  6. Dinwiddie County167
  7. Colonial Heights city155
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,341

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Chesterfield County648
  2. Prince George County367
  3. Dinwiddie County256
  4. Hopewell city232
  5. Richmond city204
  6. Colonial Heights city195
  7. Henrico County180
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,239

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
Net moves with Newport News city
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Petersburg usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+12422–23††‡†
Net migration of Petersburg city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−212
2014–15 †−107
2015–16−268
2016–17 †−327
2017–18−188
2018–19 ‡−145
2019–20−177
2020–21−133
2021–22−56
2022–23 †+124

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 Petersburg city, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/petersburg-city-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.