Who's moving to and from Prince William County, Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 29,508 people in, 32,304 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,796 people
−2,034 households
Arrivals' income
$76.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$80.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Prince William County 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 Prince George's County, MD, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Fairfax County7,952
  2. Manassas city1,332
  3. Alexandria city1,322
  4. Loudoun County1,315
  5. Stafford County1,125
  6. Arlington County780
  7. Prince George's County, MD717
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)6,499

Where did people go?

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

  1. Fairfax County4,666
  2. Stafford County2,916
  3. Manassas city1,293
  4. Fauquier County1,248
  5. Spotsylvania County1,164
  6. Loudoun County1,061
  7. Alexandria city754
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,780

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
816 people
Left for abroad
612 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Prince William usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,03422–23††‡†
Net migration of Prince William County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,015
2014–15 †+275
2015–16−422
2016–17 †−547
2017–18−789
2018–19 ‡−420
2019–20−579
2020–21−1,507
2021–22−1,739
2022–23 †−2,034

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 Prince William County, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/prince-william-county-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.