Who's moving to and from York County, South Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 15,616 people in, 13,203 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+2,413 people
+900 households
Arrivals' income
$84.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$69.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where York County's newcomers came from in South Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other South Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Mecklenburg County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Mecklenburg County, NC4,028
  2. Lancaster County899
  3. Gaston County, NC669
  4. Chester County507
  5. Union County, NC327
  6. Richland County193
  7. Greenville County165
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,583

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Mecklenburg County, NC2,163
  2. Lancaster County1,135
  3. Chester County730
  4. Gaston County, NC577
  5. Richland County449
  6. Union County, NC318
  7. Greenville County233
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,416

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
78 people
Left for abroad
114 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is York 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+90022–23††‡†
Net migration of York County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,706
2014–15 †+970
2015–16+2,314
2016–17 †+4,395
2017–18+2,587
2018–19 ‡+2,468
2019–20+2,389
2020–21+1,771
2021–22+1,514
2022–23 †+900

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 York County, South Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/york-county-sc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.