Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 9,584 returns moved into Lancaster County and 9,655 moved out, a net loss of 71 returns, or 0.3 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

Farther away

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

Lancaster has swung from a net gain in 2019–20 to a net loss in 2022–23. Moves in and out together equal 8.0% of Lancaster’s returns, the 7th-lowest turnover among the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. On balance, Lancaster loses the most returns to York County. The largest single source, York County, supplied 9% of arriving returns.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

Moved out toMoved in fromNet
York1,118891−227
Chester594767+173
Berks571765+194
Dauphin625565−60
Lebanon506435−71
Philadelphia348271−77
Cumberland224238+14
Montgomery200242+42
Allegheny12890−38
Delaware68150+82
Bucks64134+70
Lehigh5695+39

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 70 counties sent 20 or more returns each (71% of arrivals from within the US) and 72 received 20 or more (69% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 92% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Los Angeles, CA, 2,328 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
County	Returns	People	Miles
Kings, NY	79	143	128
New Castle, DE	76	115	46
Baltimore County, MD	76	110	46
Bronx, NY	75	130	138
Schuylkill	74	114	46
Queens, NY	69	113	134
Northampton	68	101	70
Centre	64	84	103
New York, NY	61	94	130
Cecil, MD	58	112	37
Los Angeles, CA	51	77	2,328
Luzerne	47	59	79
Harford, MD	45	72	35
Sussex, DE	43	71	106
Franklin	43	56	78
Fairfax County, VA	43	81	100
Montgomery, MD	42	68	81
Suffolk, NY	42	68	197
Adams	42	53	53
Burlington, NJ	36	59	85

Departures: the next 20 destinations
County	Returns	People	Miles
Sussex, DE	70	119	106
New Castle, DE	69	106	46
Baltimore County, MD	64	89	46
New York, NY	61	73	130
Schuylkill	58	110	46
Cecil, MD	57	120	37
Northampton	55	87	70
Orange, FL	52	75	847
Kings, NY	48	62	128
Hillsborough, FL	45	69	909
Perry	44	86	59
Centre	43	55	103
Maricopa, AZ	42	64	2,046
Palm Beach, FL	42	66	956
Pinellas, FL	41	70	918
Horry, SC	40	57	450
Franklin	39	65	78
Los Angeles, CA	38	46	2,328
Middlesex, MA	38	49	303
Adams	38	81	53

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

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Four filing years

InOut

Lancaster shows gains in 2019–20 and losses in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23; arrivals peaked in 2022–23 and departures in 2021–22. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +0.5 in 2019–20, −1.2 in 2020–21, −2.1 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

$62,422 Leaving
$68,101 Arriving
$91,365 Staying

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