Who's moving to and from Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 50,654 people in, 68,435 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−17,781 people
−5,208 households
Arrivals' income
$68.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$85.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Philadelphia County went in Pennsylvania

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Pennsylvania counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Camden County, NJ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Montgomery County5,450
  2. Delaware County4,819
  3. Bucks County3,080
  4. Kings County, NY2,026
  5. Camden County, NJ1,655
  6. New Castle County, DE1,299
  7. Chester County1,218
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,722

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Montgomery County10,283
  2. Delaware County8,248
  3. Bucks County6,267
  4. Camden County, NJ3,502
  5. New Castle County, DE2,129
  6. Chester County1,718
  7. Burlington County, NJ1,592
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,865

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
649 people
Left for abroad
804 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Philadelphia usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−5,20822–23††‡†
Net migration of Philadelphia County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−4,224
2014–15 †−1,916
2015–16−3,265
2016–17 †−7,009
2017–18−3,457
2018–19 ‡−2,980
2019–20−7,187
2020–21−12,581
2021–22−9,901
2022–23 †−5,208

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 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania?” movedwhere.com/county/philadelphia-county-pa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.