Who's moving to and from Preston County, West Virginia?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 906 people in, 849 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

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Net change
+57 people
+6 households
Arrivals' income
$67.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$46.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Preston County's newcomers came from in West Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Monongalia County296
  2. Garrett County, MD62
  3. Marion County39
  4. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)509

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Monongalia County269
  2. Garrett County, MD57
  3. Taylor County37
  4. Marion County31
  5. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)455

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
Smaller moves from the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Taylor County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Preston usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+622–23††‡†
Net migration of Preston County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+61
2014–15 †+21
2015–16+25
2016–17 †+29
2017–18+18
2018–19 ‡−3
2019–20+59
2020–21+151
2021–22+48
2022–23 †+6

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 Preston County, West Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/preston-county-wv. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.