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

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 2,529 people in, 2,520 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+9 people
−58 households
Arrivals' income
$60.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$60.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Putnam 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Kanawha County975
  2. Cabell County303
  3. Mason County97
  4. Lincoln County43
  5. Jackson County41
  6. Monongalia County35
  7. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,035

Where did people go?

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

  1. Kanawha County885
  2. Cabell County388
  3. Mason County88
  4. Lincoln County48
  5. Wayne County36
  6. Monongalia County30
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,045

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
Net moves with Jackson County
withheld
Net moves with Wayne County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Putnam usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 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 Putnam County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−11
2014–15 †−69
2015–16−21
2016–17 †+75
2017–18+61
2018–19 ‡−8
2019–20+19
2020–21+18
2021–22−22
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 Putnam County, West Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/putnam-county-wv. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.