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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,834 people in, 1,767 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

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Net change
+67 people
−15 households
Arrivals' income
$55.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$56.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Salem city'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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Roanoke city456
  2. Roanoke County420
  3. Montgomery County74
  4. Botetourt County44
  5. Bedford County42
  6. Franklin County39
  7. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)759

Where did people go?

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

  1. Roanoke County504
  2. Roanoke city431
  3. Bedford County71
  4. Botetourt County59
  5. Montgomery County48
  6. Franklin County38
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)616

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 Salem usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1522–23††‡†
Net migration of Salem city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−67
2014–15 †−26
2015–16−7
2016–17 †+19
2017–18−21
2018–19 ‡+26
2019–20+5
2020–21−10
2021–22+123
2022–23 †−15

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