Who's moving to and from Queens County, New York?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 71,562 people in, 111,802 out. Most were moving between New York counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−40,240 people
−17,109 households
Arrivals' income
$68.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$78.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Queens County went in New York

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other New York counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Hudson County, NJ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Kings County19,144
  2. New York County9,047
  3. Nassau County7,425
  4. Bronx County4,634
  5. Suffolk County2,716
  6. Hudson County, NJ1,226
  7. Westchester County1,203
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,678

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in New York. People, 2022–23.

  1. Nassau County20,494
  2. Kings County12,509
  3. Suffolk County7,422
  4. New York County5,666
  5. Bronx County3,638
  6. Bergen County, NJ2,637
  7. Westchester County2,517
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,053

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
614 people
Left for abroad
1,398 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Queens usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−17,10922–23††‡†
Net migration of Queens County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−7,229
2014–15 †−7,153
2015–16−11,570
2016–17 †−19,499
2017–18−15,996
2018–19 ‡−14,449
2019–20−22,492
2020–21−30,056
2021–22−25,056
2022–23 †−17,109

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 Queens County, New York?” movedwhere.com/county/queens-county-ny. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.