Who's moving to and from Stanly County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 3,470 people in, 2,252 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,218 people
+547 households
Arrivals' income
$64.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$58.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Stanly County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Horry County, SC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Mecklenburg County698
  2. Cabarrus County682
  3. Union County324
  4. Rowan County164
  5. Montgomery County146
  6. Anson County99
  7. Randolph County50
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,198

Where did people go?

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

  1. Cabarrus County350
  2. Mecklenburg County261
  3. Union County190
  4. Montgomery County168
  5. Rowan County162
  6. Anson County62
  7. Davidson County60
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)866

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
Net moves with Brunswick County
withheld
Net moves with Randolph County
withheld
Net moves with Gaston County
withheld
Net moves with Iredell County
withheld
Net moves with Wake County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Stanly usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2014–15.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+54722–23††‡†
Net migration of Stanly County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−65
2014–15 †+10
2015–16+55
2016–17 †+320
2017–18+306
2018–19 ‡+235
2019–20+414
2020–21+509
2021–22+490
2022–23 †+547

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 Stanly County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/stanly-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.