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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 9,370 people in, 8,403 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

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Net change
+967 people
+692 households
Arrivals' income
$76.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$72.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Whatcom County's newcomers came from in Washington

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Washington counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. King County1,433
  2. Snohomish County760
  3. Skagit County685
  4. Pierce County241
  5. Island County194
  6. Spokane County190
  7. Thurston County165
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,452

Where did people go?

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

  1. King County1,026
  2. Skagit County799
  3. Snohomish County666
  4. Pierce County244
  5. Maricopa County, AZ232
  6. Spokane County159
  7. Island County145
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,548

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
184 people
Left for abroad
345 people
Net moves with Yakima County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Whatcom 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+69222–23††‡†
Net migration of Whatcom County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+141
2014–15 †+701
2015–16+1,021
2016–17 †+1,435
2017–18+975
2018–19 ‡+712
2019–20+370
2020–21+495
2021–22+255
2022–23 †+692

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 Whatcom County, Washington?” movedwhere.com/county/whatcom-county-wa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.