Who's moving to and from Rowan County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 7,612 people in, 6,248 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,364 people
+577 households
Arrivals' income
$53.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$49.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Rowan County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like York County, SC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Cabarrus County2,080
  2. Mecklenburg County1,014
  3. Iredell County646
  4. Davidson County341
  5. Stanly County162
  6. Davie County158
  7. Forsyth County138
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,535

Where did people go?

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

  1. Cabarrus County1,295
  2. Mecklenburg County588
  3. Iredell County565
  4. Davidson County498
  5. Davie County215
  6. Stanly County164
  7. Guilford County136
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,164

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

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Rowan usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+57722–23††‡†
Net migration of Rowan County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+121
2014–15 †−119
2015–16+402
2016–17 †+734
2017–18+265
2018–19 ‡+572
2019–20+533
2020–21+764
2021–22+982
2022–23 †+577

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 Rowan County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/rowan-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.