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Durham County, North Carolina

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 15,392 returns moved into Durham County and 14,933 moved out, a net gain of 459 returns, or 3.4 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

DurhamWakeOrangeMecklenburgGranvilleChatham

Farther away

DurhamNew York, NYDistrict of Columbia, DCLos Angeles, CA

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

One county, Wake County, supplied 23% of all arriving returns. On balance, Durham gains the most returns from Orange County and loses the most to Alamance County. Movers from other states made up 47% of arrivals, above the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. Moves in and out together equal 22.6% of Durham’s returns, more than the 13.8% median of these 285 counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Wake3,5993,465−134
  2. Orange1,1351,356+221
  3. Alamance705314−391
  4. Mecklenburg402337−65
  5. Guilford297343+46
  6. Granville311195−116
  7. Chatham269174−95
  8. Person247106−141
  9. Johnston227107−120
  10. New York, NY174138−36
  11. Forsyth124152+28
  12. Cook, IL122120−2

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 129 counties sent 20 or more returns each (77% of arrivals from within the US) and 99 received 20 or more (79% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 65% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was San Francisco, CA, 2,420 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Cumberland13423168
Los Angeles, CA1201782,214
New Hanover114148140
Pitt10814790
Middlesex, MA105132598
Buncombe98127207
Maricopa, AZ971311,910
District of Columbia93113223
Miami-Dade, FL93148726
Harris, TX881481,047
King, WA871052,317
Suffolk, MA82108605
Kings, NY79115415
Philadelphia, PA78107342
Fairfax County, VA78110212
Fulton, GA77103353
Davidson, TN7299441
Montgomery, MD6887233
San Diego, CA65862,154
Broward, FL6192686
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
District of Columbia136162223
Franklin13225533
Harnett12420846
New Hanover114183140
Santa Clara, CA1101392,355
King, WA1101372,317
Los Angeles, CA1041272,214
Middlesex, MA100129598
Fulton, GA90122353
Vance9017435
Cumberland8815568
Dallas, TX821161,044
Suffolk, MA8192605
Buncombe80107207
Philadelphia, PA7797342
Harris, TX771171,047
Pitt7411990
Kings, NY7088415
Fairfax County, VA69101212
Miami-Dade, FL6290726

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. New York496
  2. Florida469
  3. California379
  4. Texas283
  5. Virginia276
  6. Massachusetts236

Departures to

  1. California430
  2. New York381
  3. Texas304
  4. Florida274
  5. Virginia246
  6. Massachusetts210

Four filing years

14,43414,1032019–2014,47714,8652020–2114,85314,8292021–2215,39214,9332022–23

InOut

Durham shows gains in 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23 and losses in 2020–21; arrivals and departures both peaked in 2022–23. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +2.7 in 2019–20, −3.1 in 2020–21, +0.2 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $76,286 Arriving
  • $78,930 Leaving
  • $97,462 Staying

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

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