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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 8,020 people in, 6,771 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

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Net change
+1,249 people
+569 households
Arrivals' income
$66.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$58.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Sullivan County's newcomers came from in Tennessee

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Tennessee counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Bristol city, VA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Washington County1,315
  2. Hawkins County795
  3. Washington County, VA379
  4. Carter County329
  5. Bristol city, VA327
  6. Scott County, VA225
  7. Knox County172
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,629

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Tennessee. People, 2022–23.

  1. Washington County1,457
  2. Hawkins County779
  3. Carter County388
  4. Bristol city, VA367
  5. Washington County, VA308
  6. Scott County, VA230
  7. Greene County171
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,545

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
36 people
Net moves with Hamblen County
withheld
Net moves with Sevier County
withheld
Net moves with Johnson County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Sullivan 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+56922–23††‡†
Net migration of Sullivan County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+199
2014–15 †+31
2015–16+229
2016–17 †+886
2017–18+538
2018–19 ‡+582
2019–20+673
2020–21+951
2021–22+1,125
2022–23 †+569

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 Sullivan County, Tennessee?” movedwhere.com/county/sullivan-county-tn. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.