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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 13,296 people in, 12,148 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,148 people
+148 households
Arrivals' income
$72.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$76.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Stafford 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 Onslow County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Prince William County2,916
  2. Fairfax County1,350
  3. Spotsylvania County1,001
  4. Fredericksburg city542
  5. Alexandria city253
  6. San Diego County, CA250
  7. Onslow County, NC223
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,299

Where did people go?

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

  1. Spotsylvania County1,601
  2. Prince William County1,125
  3. Fredericksburg city659
  4. Fairfax County547
  5. Caroline County310
  6. Onslow County, NC235
  7. King George County219
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,699

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
499 people
Left for abroad
256 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Stafford 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+14822–23††‡†
Net migration of Stafford County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+233
2014–15 †+116
2015–16+422
2016–17 †+972
2017–18+463
2018–19 ‡+739
2019–20+813
2020–21+588
2021–22+357
2022–23 †+148

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