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Mitchell County, NC

County-to-county migration · IRS SOI · filing years 2022-2023

Net migration: +42 tax returns · +115 people · +$6,806,000 AGI

Inflow
357 returns · 659 people · $21,615,000 AGI
Outflow
315 returns · 544 people · $14,809,000 AGI

Top origins (where new residents came from)

CountyReturnsAGI
Yancey County, NC64$2,882,000
Avery County, NC34$2,402,000
McDowell County, NC32$2,108,000
Buncombe County, NC30$1,827,000

Top destinations (where leavers went)

CountyReturnsAGI
Yancey County, NC61$2,631,000
Avery County, NC32$1,377,000
McDowell County, NC26$1,080,000
Buncombe County, NC24$1,473,000

IRS migration data tracks where tax filers lived in consecutive years. A "return" is roughly a household; "AGI" is the adjusted gross income that moved with them. Net migration = inflow − outflow. Small county-pair flows are suppressed by the IRS for privacy and shown blank.

Source: IRS SOI Migration Data. License: CC0 1.0.