Who's moving to and from Wayne County, West Virginia?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,476 people in, 1,402 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+74 people
−42 households
Arrivals' income
$41.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$45.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Wayne County's newcomers came from in West Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other West Virginia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Lawrence County, OH, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Cabell County581
  2. Lawrence County, OH115
  3. Boyd County, KY91
  4. Lawrence County, KY64
  5. Putnam County36
  6. Kanawha County29
  7. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)560

Where did people go?

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

  1. Cabell County485
  2. Lawrence County, OH114
  3. Boyd County, KY112
  4. Lawrence County, KY85
  5. Mingo County46
  6. Kanawha County33
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)527

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
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Mingo County
withheld
Net moves with Putnam County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Wayne usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2018–19.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4222–23††‡†
Net migration of Wayne County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−69
2014–15 †−51
2015–16−96
2016–17 †−111
2017–18+19
2018–19 ‡−130
2019–20−27
2020–21−34
2021–22−110
2022–23 †−42

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 Wayne County, West Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/wayne-county-wv. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.