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Chester County, Pennsylvania

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 12,771 returns moved into Chester County and 13,613 moved out, a net loss of 842 returns, or 3.7 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

ChesterMontgomeryLancasterNew Castle, DEBerksBucks

Farther away

Chester

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

Chester has swung from a net gain in 2019–20 to a net loss in 2022–23. On balance, Chester gains the most returns from Delaware County. The largest single source, Montgomery County, supplied 17% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 42% of arrivals, below the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Montgomery2,0202,166+146
  2. Delaware1,1871,839+652
  3. Philadelphia1,0321,096+64
  4. Lancaster767594−173
  5. New Castle, DE692647−45
  6. Berks534408−126
  7. Bucks209326+117
  8. New York, NY22275−147
  9. Cecil, MD141108−33
  10. Sussex, DE17471−103
  11. Allegheny133112−21
  12. Lehigh8499+15

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 80 counties sent 20 or more returns each (81% of arrivals from within the US) and 94 received 20 or more (79% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 90% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Santa Clara, CA, 2,461 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Burlington, NJ10216258
Camden, NJ10217743
Kings, NY76118105
York7610252
Northampton6810859
Cumberland6711381
Los Angeles, CA66912,354
Gloucester, NJ6110836
Queens, NY5981111
Middlesex, NJ5811178
Dauphin578163
Middlesex, MA5693285
Morris, NJ539588
Baltimore County, MD527759
Fairfax County, VA5294113
Cook, IL5089634
Maricopa, AZ49762,072
San Diego, CA48752,308
Palm Beach, FL4870959
Hudson, NJ4766102
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
York8613852
Cape May, NJ8413978
Kings, NY8193105
District of Columbia8087100
Los Angeles, CA79892,354
Palm Beach, FL74116959
Cook, IL7492634
Camden, NJ689543
Fairfax County, VA6797113
Maricopa, AZ66972,072
Hillsborough, FL6694916
Middlesex, MA6691285
Hudson, NJ6587102
Mecklenburg, NC65101429
Dauphin6510863
King, WA65852,323
Wake, NC64115330
Northampton638959
San Diego, CA59752,308
Denver, CO57621,538

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. Delaware747
  2. New Jersey705
  3. Maryland344
  4. New York321
  5. Florida250
  6. California174

Departures to

  1. Delaware897
  2. Florida626
  3. New Jersey479
  4. Maryland352
  5. New York334
  6. Texas281

Four filing years

13,06112,1972019–2014,42012,4452020–2113,69613,0892021–2212,77113,6132022–23

InOut

Chester shows gains in 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 and losses in 2022–23; arrivals peaked in 2020–21 and departures in 2022–23. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +4.1 in 2019–20, +9.5 in 2020–21, +2.8 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $112,207 Arriving
  • $113,106 Leaving
  • $165,372 Staying

Average adjusted gross income per return: non-moving returns reported the most, arriving returns the least.

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