Who's moving to and from Shelby County, Alabama?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 12,493 people in, 10,877 out. Most were moving between Alabama counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,616 people
+599 households
Arrivals' income
$75.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$78.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Shelby County's newcomers came from in Alabama

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Alabama counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Fulton County, GA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Jefferson County5,207
  2. Chilton County465
  3. Tuscaloosa County370
  4. St. Clair County341
  5. Talladega County300
  6. Montgomery County194
  7. Baldwin County133
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,678

Where did people go?

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

  1. Jefferson County3,920
  2. Chilton County620
  3. St. Clair County408
  4. Talladega County284
  5. Baldwin County230
  6. Tuscaloosa County220
  7. Madison County204
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,240

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
65 people
Left for abroad
40 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Shelby usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+59922–23††‡†
Net migration of Shelby County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+534
2014–15 †+298
2015–16+213
2016–17 †+756
2017–18+495
2018–19 ‡+721
2019–20+1,368
2020–21+661
2021–22+661
2022–23 †+599

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 Shelby County, Alabama?” movedwhere.com/county/shelby-county-al. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.