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Middlesex County, New Jersey

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 21,716 returns moved into Middlesex County and 25,344 moved out, a net loss of 3,628 returns, or 9.8 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

MiddlesexSomersetUnionHudsonMercerOcean

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

On balance, Middlesex gains the most returns from Union County and loses the most to Somerset County. The largest single source, Union County, supplied 11% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 43% of arrivals, below the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. Moves in and out together equal 12.7% of Middlesex’s returns, less than the 13.8% median of these 285 counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Somerset2,6621,868−794
  2. Union1,6822,491+809
  3. Monmouth1,9071,504−403
  4. Hudson1,0421,620+578
  5. Mercer1,342957−385
  6. Essex7171,194+477
  7. Ocean931570−361
  8. Kings, NY4611,017+556
  9. Richmond, NY246843+597
  10. Queens, NY291755+464
  11. New York, NY551464−87
  12. Bergen429551+122

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 93 counties sent 20 or more returns each (89% of arrivals from within the US) and 147 received 20 or more (90% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 89% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was San Francisco, CA, 2,582 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Bronx, NY35163641
Morris31354030
Burlington24440141
Passaic22240742
Philadelphia, PA17624048
Hunterdon17328528
Nassau, NY16831547
Los Angeles, CA1231982,423
Suffolk, NY11720596
Westchester, NY11320660
Camden11117153
Palm Beach, FL941421,014
Atlantic9413668
Bucks, PA9114837
Warren9013843
Cook, IL89141695
Harris, TX871381,387
Middlesex, MA86130210
King, WA811082,370
Broward, FL751141,044
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Burlington5941,04141
Morris41469530
Hunterdon35468028
Philadelphia, PA28535548
Camden26146353
Bucks, PA22640037
Palm Beach, FL2113531,014
Passaic19231042
Collin, TX1925631,320
Los Angeles, CA1802232,423
Wake, NC171402395
Middlesex, MA161221210
Warren16027243
Orange, FL146251913
Bronx, NY14424141
King, WA1411792,370
Broward, FL1392181,044
Hillsborough, FL138264978
Northampton, PA13526752
Mecklenburg, NC129241501

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. New York3,972
  2. Pennsylvania705
  3. Florida458
  4. California331
  5. Texas250
  6. Massachusetts200

Departures to

  1. New York2,138
  2. Florida1,677
  3. Pennsylvania1,297
  4. Texas829
  5. California647
  6. North Carolina435

Four filing years

22,22725,0242019–2023,17125,1492020–2122,23725,8972021–2221,71625,3442022–23

InOut

Middlesex shows a net loss in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2020–21 and departures in 2021–22. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −8.1 in 2019–20, −5.7 in 2020–21, −10.2 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $87,059 Arriving
  • $95,604 Leaving
  • $107,896 Staying

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

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