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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 518 people in, 485 out. Most were moving between West Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+33 people
−10 households
Arrivals' income
$40.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$47.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Wetzel 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Tyler County119
  2. Marshall County48
  3. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)351

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in West Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Tyler County102
  2. Marshall County55
  3. Monongalia County37
  4. Ohio County29
  5. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)262

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 West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Monongalia County
withheld
Net moves with Ohio County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Wetzel usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1022–23††‡†
Net migration of Wetzel County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−6
2014–15 †−91
2015–16−55
2016–17 †−74
2017–18−32
2018–19 ‡−34
2019–20−83
2020–21−49
2021–22−25
2022–23 †−10

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