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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 25,295 people in, 34,511 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−9,216 people
−4,596 households
Arrivals' income
$59.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$73.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Shelby County went in Tennessee

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Tennessee counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like DeSoto County, MS, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. DeSoto County, MS3,385
  2. Tipton County1,107
  3. Fayette County1,012
  4. Davidson County557
  5. Crittenden County, AR539
  6. Marshall County, MS347
  7. Cook County, IL345
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,993

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. DeSoto County, MS4,835
  2. Fayette County1,726
  3. Tipton County1,386
  4. Davidson County894
  5. Crittenden County, AR599
  6. Marshall County, MS596
  7. Dallas County, TX516
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)8,159

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
264 people
Left for abroad
278 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Shelby usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4,59622–23††‡†
Net migration of Shelby County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−2,946
2014–15 †−1,458
2015–16−2,647
2016–17 †−4,127
2017–18−1,956
2018–19 ‡−1,380
2019–20−2,802
2020–21−3,393
2021–22−3,863
2022–23 †−4,596

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Shelby County, Tennessee?” movedwhere.com/county/shelby-county-tn. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.