Who's moving to and from Pickens County, South Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 7,912 people in, 6,297 out. Most were moving between South Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,615 people
+719 households
Arrivals' income
$74.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$58.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Pickens County's newcomers came from in South Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other South Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Mecklenburg County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Greenville County1,994
  2. Anderson County1,266
  3. Oconee County611
  4. Spartanburg County244
  5. Lexington County81
  6. Charleston County75
  7. Laurens County73
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,072

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in South Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Greenville County1,555
  2. Anderson County1,449
  3. Oconee County480
  4. Spartanburg County229
  5. Charleston County73
  6. Laurens County72
  7. Mecklenburg County, NC60
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,093

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
62 people
Net moves with Horry County
withheld
Net moves with Greenwood County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Pickens usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2017–18.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+71922–23††‡†
Net migration of Pickens County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+119
2014–15 †−9
2015–16+136
2016–17 †−54
2017–18+71
2018–19 ‡+118
2019–20+226
2020–21+120
2021–22+577
2022–23 †+719

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 Pickens County, South Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/pickens-county-sc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.