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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 254 people in, 335 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−81 people
−48 households
Arrivals' income
$47.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$49.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Ritchie 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Wood County45
  2. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)209

Where did people go?

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

  1. Wood County71
  2. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)264

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
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Ritchie 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4822–23††‡†
Net migration of Ritchie County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−11
2014–15 †−17
2015–16−37
2016–17 †−63
2017–18−18
2018–19 ‡−49
2019–20−31
2020–21+3
2021–22−42
2022–23 †−48

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