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

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 2,114 people in, 2,127 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−13 people
−4 households
Arrivals' income
$46.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$50.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Raleigh County went in West Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Fayette County418
  2. Mercer County105
  3. Wyoming County103
  4. Kanawha County89
  5. Summers County70
  6. Greenbrier County60
  7. Nicholas County31
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,212

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Fayette County336
  2. Kanawha County133
  3. Mercer County99
  4. Wyoming County97
  5. Summers County81
  6. Boone County44
  7. Monongalia County43
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,225

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 Greenbrier County
withheld
Net moves with Boone County
withheld
Net moves with Cabell County
withheld
Net moves with Nicholas County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Raleigh 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−422–23††‡†
Net migration of Raleigh County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−201
2014–15 †−180
2015–16−239
2016–17 †−395
2017–18−49
2018–19 ‡−156
2019–20−79
2020–21−66
2021–22+6
2022–23 †−4

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