Who's moving to and from Worcester County, Massachusetts?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 24,762 people in, 26,327 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,565 people
−1,359 households
Arrivals' income
$77.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$83.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Worcester County went in Massachusetts

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Massachusetts counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Providence County, RI, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Middlesex County7,627
  2. Norfolk County1,681
  3. Suffolk County1,438
  4. Essex County986
  5. Providence County, RI763
  6. Hampden County696
  7. Bristol County596
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,602

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Middlesex County4,356
  2. Norfolk County1,288
  3. Suffolk County1,125
  4. Hampden County905
  5. Providence County, RI839
  6. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT789
  7. Essex County558
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,461

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
292 people
Left for abroad
443 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Worcester usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2017–18.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,35922–23††‡†
Net migration of Worcester County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−529
2014–15 †−940
2015–16−1,063
2016–17 †+243
2017–18−873
2018–19 ‡−469
2019–20−469
2020–21−424
2021–22−1,263
2022–23 †−1,359

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 Worcester County, Massachusetts?” movedwhere.com/county/worcester-county-ma. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.