Who's moving to and from Somerset County, New Jersey?

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 18,353 people in, 18,506 out. Most were moving between New Jersey counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−153 people
−732 households
Arrivals' income
$114.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$126.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Somerset County went in New Jersey

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other New Jersey counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like New York County, NY, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Middlesex County4,830
  2. Union County2,251
  3. Morris County1,121
  4. Hudson County916
  5. Essex County854
  6. Hunterdon County614
  7. Mercer County576
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,617

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in New Jersey. People, 2022–23.

  1. Middlesex County3,200
  2. Union County1,223
  3. Hunterdon County1,202
  4. Morris County919
  5. Mercer County765
  6. Hudson County518
  7. New York County, NY484
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,392

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
129 people
Left for abroad
244 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Somerset usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−73222–23††‡†
Net migration of Somerset County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−833
2014–15 †−660
2015–16−994
2016–17 †−727
2017–18−758
2018–19 ‡−1,020
2019–20−317
2020–21+113
2021–22−601
2022–23 †−732

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 Somerset County, New Jersey?” movedwhere.com/county/somerset-county-nj. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.