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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 8,266 people in, 6,791 out. Most were moving between Tennessee counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,475 people
+719 households
Arrivals' income
$64.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$63.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Washington 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 Buncombe County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in Tennessee. People, 2022–23.

  1. Sullivan County1,457
  2. Carter County991
  3. Greene County446
  4. Unicoi County263
  5. Knox County193
  6. Hawkins County171
  7. Buncombe County, NC110
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,116

Where did people go?

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

  1. Sullivan County1,315
  2. Carter County1,002
  3. Greene County516
  4. Knox County268
  5. Unicoi County266
  6. Hawkins County188
  7. Buncombe County, NC72
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,679

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
withheld
Net moves with Rutherford County
withheld
Net moves with Jefferson County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Washington 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+71922–23††‡†
Net migration of Washington County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+76
2014–15 †+94
2015–16+297
2016–17 †+14
2017–18+170
2018–19 ‡+142
2019–20+419
2020–21+786
2021–22+954
2022–23 †+719

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