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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 734 people in, 656 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+78 people
+28 households
Arrivals' income
$45.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$52.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Russell 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 Sullivan County, TN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Tazewell County121
  2. Washington County107
  3. Wise County73
  4. Buchanan County68
  5. Sullivan County, TN44
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)321

Where did people go?

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

  1. Washington County138
  2. Tazewell County117
  3. Wise County60
  4. Sullivan County, TN55
  5. Buchanan County55
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)231

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 Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Russell 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+2822–23††‡†
Net migration of Russell County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−43
2014–15 †−49
2015–16−81
2016–17 †−117
2017–18−16
2018–19 ‡−53
2019–20+27
2020–21−20
2021–22+31
2022–23 †+28

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