Who's moving to and from Virginia Beach city, Virginia?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 28,105 people in, 30,582 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−2,477 people
−955 households
Arrivals' income
$64.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$65.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Virginia Beach city went in Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Virginia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like San Diego County, CA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Norfolk city4,324
  2. Chesapeake city3,443
  3. San Diego County, CA955
  4. Portsmouth city734
  5. Hampton city524
  6. Suffolk city495
  7. Newport News city464
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,525

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Chesapeake city4,255
  2. Norfolk city4,175
  3. Suffolk city856
  4. Portsmouth city849
  5. San Diego County, CA724
  6. Hampton city574
  7. Duval County, FL446
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)7,983

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
999 people
Left for abroad
768 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Virginia Beach usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−95522–23††‡†
Net migration of Virginia Beach city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−314
2014–15 †+950
2015–16−1,050
2016–17 †−2,535
2017–18−924
2018–19 ‡−679
2019–20−669
2020–21−1,534
2021–22−1,514
2022–23 †−955

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 Virginia Beach city, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/virginia-beach-city-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.