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City of Chesapeake, Virginia

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 9,905 returns moved into City of Chesapeake and 10,048 moved out, a net loss of 143 returns, or 1.4 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

City of ChesapeakeCity of NorfolkCurrituck, NC

Farther away

City of ChesapeakeSan Diego, CADuval, FLHonolulu, HI

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

Chesapeake has swung from a net gain in 2019–20 to a net loss in 2022–23. One county, City of Virginia Beach, supplied 24% of all arriving returns. On balance, Chesapeake gains the most returns from City of Virginia Beach. Movers from other states made up 38% 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. City of Virginia Beach1,9282,342+414
  2. City of Norfolk1,0591,234+175
  3. City of Portsmouth837798−39
  4. City of Suffolk634450−184
  5. City of Newport News167188+21
  6. City of Hampton171172+1
  7. San Diego, CA133177+44
  8. Currituck, NC16891−77
  9. Pasquotank, NC10877−31
  10. Duval, FL9782−15
  11. Fairfax County9463−31
  12. City of Richmond9147−44

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 49 counties sent 20 or more returns each (71% of arrivals from within the US) and 56 received 20 or more (71% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 84% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Honolulu, HI, 4,913 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Honolulu, HI671624,913
Isle of Wight5611727
York4910238
Henrico487476
Chesterfield467886
Escambia, FL4491762
Prince George’s, MD4073152
Harris, TX40791,197
Onslow, NC38103148
Los Angeles, CA37682,350
Berkeley, SC3774317
Kitsap, WA36852,451
Prince William3574154
Maricopa, AZ34622,049
Bexar, TX34681,376
Wake, NC3257145
Anne Arundel, MD3082160
Loudoun2956181
Kings, NY2849301
Dare, NC264480
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Isle of Wight7514027
Henrico6810176
Chesterfield6211086
Wake, NC6196145
Honolulu, HI551254,913
Harris, TX531001,197
York519738
Escambia, FL50104762
Dare, NC488080
Bexar, TX44991,376
Los Angeles, CA41632,350
Prince George’s, MD3856152
Hillsborough, FL3769703
Onslow, NC3788148
Arlington3748158
James City377552
Mecklenburg, NC3457272
Maricopa, AZ33492,049
Berkeley, SC3372317
Fulton, GA3252502

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. North Carolina309
  2. California235
  3. Florida174
  4. New York115
  5. Texas95
  6. Maryland93

Departures to

  1. North Carolina488
  2. Florida321
  3. California214
  4. Texas97
  5. Maryland96
  6. South Carolina56

Four filing years

10,62610,0402019–2010,64610,1592020–2110,43410,1782021–229,90510,0482022–23

InOut

Chesapeake shows gains in 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 and losses in 2022–23; arrivals peaked in 2020–21 and departures in 2021–22. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +6.3 in 2019–20, +5.2 in 2020–21, +2.6 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $60,572 Arriving
  • $62,448 Leaving
  • $89,473 Staying

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

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