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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 22,400 returns moved into Montgomery County and 22,754 moved out, a net loss of 354 returns, or 0.9 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

MontgomeryBucksChesterBerksLehighNew York, NY

Farther away

MontgomeryLos Angeles, CAPalm Beach, FL

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

Montgomery has swung from a net gain in 2019–20 to a net loss in 2022–23. One county, Philadelphia County, supplied 26% of all arriving returns. On balance, Montgomery gains the most returns from Philadelphia County and loses the most to New York County, NY. Movers from other states made up 33% 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. Philadelphia3,9395,924+1,985
  2. Bucks2,5692,952+383
  3. Chester2,1662,020−146
  4. Delaware1,2241,350+126
  5. Berks1,023791−232
  6. Lehigh377369−8
  7. New York, NY464169−295
  8. New Castle, DE277200−77
  9. Lancaster242200−42
  10. Burlington, NJ206209+3
  11. Camden, NJ208201−7
  12. Kings, NY195180−15

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 103 counties sent 20 or more returns each (87% of arrivals from within the US) and 138 received 20 or more (87% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 90% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was San Francisco, CA, 2,535 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Northampton19729638
Queens, NY14725986
Allegheny133184243
Los Angeles, CA1222002,373
Middlesex, NJ12219353
Mercer, NJ10718036
Gloucester, NJ9914636
Palm Beach, FL90128981
Luzerne8611474
Middlesex, MA85132259
Atlantic, NJ8211864
Dauphin7911276
Cape May, NJ7811183
Fairfax County, VA77134139
Maricopa, AZ761172,093
Hudson, NJ7513277
Cook, IL74109650
District of Columbia72104126
Cumberland7191100
Montgomery, MD70131122
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Allegheny201252243
Los Angeles, CA1982492,373
Palm Beach, FL183292981
Northampton17126338
Sussex, DE135224106
Cape May, NJ13322183
Atlantic, NJ13220564
District of Columbia128135126
Middlesex, MA118160259
Cook, IL113155650
Hudson, NJ11112577
Gloucester, NJ10616436
Wake, NC106190354
San Diego, CA981262,327
Maricopa, AZ911442,093
Queens, NY8912886
Fairfax County, VA88133139
Harris, TX861381,335
Suffolk, MA8595270
Mecklenburg, NC83136454

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. New Jersey1,391
  2. New York796
  3. Florida460
  4. California324
  5. Maryland307
  6. Delaware284

Departures to

  1. New Jersey1,441
  2. Florida1,100
  3. New York879
  4. California481
  5. Delaware453
  6. Texas329

Four filing years

22,92920,8732019–2023,43322,1642020–2122,86423,0262021–2222,40022,7542022–23

InOut

Montgomery shows gains in 2019–20, 2020–21 and losses in 2021–22, 2022–23; arrivals peaked in 2020–21 and departures in 2021–22. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +5.9 in 2019–20, +3.7 in 2020–21, −0.4 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $97,688 Arriving
  • $104,712 Leaving
  • $155,341 Staying

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

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