Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

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Greater Charlotte Region

Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan (NC) + York, Lancaster, Chester (SC). Primary acceptance-test destination region. Region totals sum reported member-county flows only — they do not recover county-pair flows the IRS suppressed for privacy.

In the IRS's 2022–2023 Statistics of Income migration data, Greater Charlotte Region recorded 39,203 households (62,362 people) moving in and 30,150 households (49,094 people) moving out — a net gained of 9,053 households and $596.72M in reported adjusted gross income.

The single largest recorded source of newcomers was Wake County, NC: 1,741 households (2,579 people) moved from there, representing $133.33M in reported income.

At the state level, no state sent more newcomers into Greater Charlotte Region than North Carolina, which accounted for 11,739 households and $727.71M in reported AGI.

Inbound (reported)

$3.19B

39,203 households · 62,362 people

Outbound (reported)

$2.59B

30,150 households · 49,094 people

Net (reported)

$596.72M

9,053 households · 13,268 people

States sending newcomers

Shaded by reported AGI coming from each state. Hover a state for numbers. County-to-county detail below.

Top origin counties

CountyHouseholdsPeopleReported AGI
Wake County, NC1,7412,579$133.33M
Guilford County, NC1,2421,842$79.94M
Cook County, IL511831$79.22M
Catawba County, NC1,2132,033$71.82M
Forsyth County, NC9351,455$58.77M
Charleston County, SC467671$58.23M
Maricopa County, AZ537936$57.54M
Los Angeles County, CA535912$50.66M
New York County, NY291419$50.12M
Miami-Dade County, FL544926$49.20M
Suffolk County, NY5801,064$47.66M
Broward County, FL558976$42.91M
Richland County, SC7931,185$42.00M
Fulton County, GA433598$41.72M
Palm Beach County, FL383619$39.06M
Greenville County, SC566827$38.78M
Durham County, NC537781$38.09M
Cleveland County, NC8451,529$35.64M
Hillsborough County, FL406673$33.81M
Nassau County, NY393720$33.20M

Where newcomers came from” excludes moves within Greater Charlotte Region itself. Switch to outbound to see the other direction.