Who's moving to and from Wilkes County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,042 people in, 1,687 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+355 people
+110 households
Arrivals' income
$62.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$51.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Wilkes County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Surry County231
  2. Yadkin County119
  3. Iredell County83
  4. Forsyth County82
  5. Ashe County70
  6. Watauga County69
  7. Mecklenburg County62
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,073

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Surry County191
  2. Yadkin County156
  3. Forsyth County89
  4. Iredell County78
  5. Ashe County55
  6. Mecklenburg County53
  7. Caldwell County49
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)858

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 Alleghany County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Wilkes usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+11022–23††‡†
Net migration of Wilkes County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−6
2014–15 †−59
2015–16+89
2016–17 †+123
2017–18+28
2018–19 ‡−39
2019–20+95
2020–21+160
2021–22+124
2022–23 †+110

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 Wilkes County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/wilkes-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.