Who's moving to and from Tompkins County, New York?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 4,333 people in, 5,111 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−778 people
−584 households
Arrivals' income
$65.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$70.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Tompkins County went in New York

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Cortland County273
  2. Tioga County126
  3. Cayuga County116
  4. Kings County104
  5. Broome County100
  6. New York County98
  7. Onondaga County97
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,487

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Cortland County325
  2. New York County222
  3. Tioga County171
  4. Cayuga County148
  5. Middlesex County, MA119
  6. Onondaga County119
  7. Chemung County113
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,494

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
87 people
Left for abroad
156 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Tompkins usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−58422–23††‡†
Net migration of Tompkins County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−481
2014–15 †−226
2015–16−540
2016–17 †−869
2017–18−444
2018–19 ‡−451
2019–20−639
2020–21−348
2021–22−859
2022–23 †−584

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 Tompkins County, New York?” movedwhere.com/county/tompkins-county-ny. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.