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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 5,953 people in, 5,746 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

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Net change
+207 people
+69 households
Arrivals' income
$84.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$63.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Roanoke County's newcomers came from in Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Roanoke city1,916
  2. Salem city504
  3. Botetourt County380
  4. Bedford County244
  5. Franklin County238
  6. Montgomery County197
  7. Fairfax County60
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,276

Where did people go?

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

  1. Roanoke city1,553
  2. Botetourt County486
  3. Salem city420
  4. Bedford County308
  5. Franklin County243
  6. Montgomery County212
  7. Mecklenburg County, NC78
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,107

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
40 people
Net moves with Virginia Beach city
withheld
Net moves with Henrico County
withheld
Net moves with Craig County
withheld
Net moves with Radford city
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Roanoke usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2016–17.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+6922–23††‡†
Net migration of Roanoke County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+18
2014–15 †−77
2015–16−60
2016–17 †+272
2017–18+146
2018–19 ‡+152
2019–20+99
2020–21+275
2021–22+211
2022–23 †+69

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