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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 7,212 people in, 7,466 out. Most were moving between New York counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−254 people
+12 households
Arrivals' income
$59.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$64.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Rensselaer 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 Bennington County, VT, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Albany County2,435
  2. Saratoga County757
  3. Schenectady County453
  4. Columbia County317
  5. Washington County125
  6. Dutchess County101
  7. Bennington County, VT86
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,892

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in New York. People, 2022–23.

  1. Albany County2,459
  2. Saratoga County927
  3. Schenectady County447
  4. Columbia County147
  5. Washington County92
  6. Berkshire County, MA85
  7. Bennington County, VT81
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,420

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
36 people
Left for abroad
40 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Rensselaer 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+1222–23††‡†
Net migration of Rensselaer County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−125
2014–15 †−271
2015–16−208
2016–17 †−157
2017–18−147
2018–19 ‡−451
2019–20−385
2020–21−328
2021–22−347
2022–23 †+12

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