Who's moving to and from Sussex County, Delaware?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 14,158 people in, 8,461 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

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Net change
+5,697 people
+3,049 households
Arrivals' income
$112.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$79.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Sussex County's newcomers came from in Delaware

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

No published arrivals from other Delaware counties to map for 2022–23.

Moves to and from other Delaware counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Wicomico County, MD, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Wicomico County, MD610
  2. Montgomery County, MD448
  3. Baltimore County, MD403
  4. Worcester County, MD349
  5. Anne Arundel County, MD339
  6. Chester County, PA298
  7. Montgomery County, PA224
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,835

Where did people go?

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

  1. Wicomico County, MD687
  2. Worcester County, MD217
  3. Baltimore County, MD120
  4. Anne Arundel County, MD120
  5. Montgomery County, MD118
  6. Philadelphia County, PA115
  7. Chester County, PA104
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,044

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
53 people
Left for abroad
88 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Sussex 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+3,04922–23††‡†
Net migration of Sussex County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,651
2014–15 †+758
2015–16+2,143
2016–17 †+4,185
2017–18+2,727
2018–19 ‡+2,639
2019–20+4,346
2020–21+4,603
2021–22+3,507
2022–23 †+3,049

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 Sussex County, Delaware?” movedwhere.com/county/sussex-county-de. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.