Who's moving to and from Wise County, Virginia?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,239 people in, 1,172 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+67 people
+29 households
Arrivals' income
$41.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$43.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Wise County's newcomers came from in Virginia

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Norton city171
  2. Dickenson County168
  3. Lee County98
  4. Russell County60
  5. Sullivan County, TN52
  6. Scott County47
  7. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)643

Where did people go?

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

  1. Norton city123
  2. Lee County114
  3. Dickenson County108
  4. Russell County73
  5. Sullivan County, TN70
  6. Scott County45
  7. Washington County38
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)601

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 to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Washington County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Wise usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+2922–23††‡†
Net migration of Wise County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−225
2014–15 †−77
2015–16−163
2016–17 †−183
2017–18−121
2018–19 ‡−138
2019–20−110
2020–21+79
2021–22+23
2022–23 †+29

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 Wise County, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/wise-county-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.