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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 5,926 people in, 6,065 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−139 people
+216 households
Arrivals' income
$50.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$72.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Roanoke 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 Guilford County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Roanoke County1,553
  2. Salem city431
  3. Franklin County264
  4. Botetourt County249
  5. Bedford County231
  6. Montgomery County156
  7. Lynchburg city74
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,679

Where did people go?

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

  1. Roanoke County1,916
  2. Salem city456
  3. Botetourt County320
  4. Franklin County277
  5. Bedford County271
  6. Montgomery County142
  7. Mecklenburg County, NC77
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,198

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 Henrico County
withheld
Net moves with Floyd County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Roanoke usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 8 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+21622–23††‡†
Net migration of Roanoke city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−85
2014–15 †+35
2015–16−420
2016–17 †−486
2017–18−133
2018–19 ‡−35
2019–20−328
2020–21−427
2021–22−358
2022–23 †+216

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