Who's moving to and from Richmond city, Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 17,905 people in, 18,600 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−695 people
+647 households
Arrivals' income
$59.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$69.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Richmond city 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 District of Columbia, DC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Henrico County3,903
  2. Chesterfield County3,381
  3. Fairfax County518
  4. Hanover County468
  5. District of Columbia, DC255
  6. Petersburg city204
  7. Loudoun County200
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,798

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Henrico County5,461
  2. Chesterfield County4,358
  3. Hanover County502
  4. Petersburg city446
  5. Fairfax County293
  6. Goochland County179
  7. Hopewell city170
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,621

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
50 people
Left for abroad
92 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Richmond usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+64722–23††‡†
Net migration of Richmond city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−196
2014–15 †+689
2015–16+88
2016–17 †−1,174
2017–18−260
2018–19 ‡−701
2019–20−986
2020–21−869
2021–22−169
2022–23 †+647

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 Richmond city, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/richmond-city-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.