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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 7,673 people in, 8,139 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−466 people
−58 households
Arrivals' income
$43.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$46.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Portsmouth city went in Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Chesapeake city1,488
  2. Norfolk city1,041
  3. Virginia Beach city849
  4. Suffolk city697
  5. Newport News city298
  6. Hampton city265
  7. San Diego County, CA107
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,587

Where did people go?

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

  1. Chesapeake city1,530
  2. Suffolk city1,046
  3. Norfolk city863
  4. Virginia Beach city734
  5. Hampton city255
  6. Newport News city254
  7. Isle of Wight County164
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,742

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
157 people
Left for abroad
96 people
Net moves with York County
withheld
Net moves with Southampton County
withheld
Net moves with Richmond city
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Portsmouth 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−5822–23††‡†
Net migration of Portsmouth city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−285
2014–15 †−37
2015–16−560
2016–17 †−335
2017–18−111
2018–19 ‡−51
2019–20−69
2020–21−85
2021–22+29
2022–23 †−58

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