Who's moving to and from Union County, New Jersey?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 25,625 people in, 28,278 out. Most were moving between New Jersey counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,653 people
−1,878 households
Arrivals' income
$96.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$89.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Union County went in New Jersey

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other New Jersey counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Kings County, NY, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Essex County5,043
  2. Hudson County3,078
  3. Middlesex County2,764
  4. Kings County, NY2,061
  5. Somerset County1,223
  6. Queens County, NY1,040
  7. New York County, NY818
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,647

Where did people go?

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

  1. Middlesex County4,376
  2. Essex County3,317
  3. Somerset County2,251
  4. Hudson County1,248
  5. Morris County1,154
  6. Monmouth County844
  7. Ocean County779
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,794

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
193 people
Left for abroad
319 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Union usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,87822–23††‡†
Net migration of Union County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,554
2014–15 †−1,364
2015–16−1,414
2016–17 †−2,135
2017–18−1,729
2018–19 ‡−1,657
2019–20−1,700
2020–21−2,194
2021–22−2,753
2022–23 †−1,878

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 Union County, New Jersey?” movedwhere.com/county/union-county-nj. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.