Migration to and from Cabell County, West Virginia

Where Cabell County residents came from and where they went over the 5-year window 2016-2020. Census ACS County-to-County Migration Flows, 2020 5-yr (frozen vintage).

Total inflow
6,309
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
4,526
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+1,783
inflow minus outflow

Top 10 counties people moved IN from

OriginState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Wayne CountyWest Virginia610
Putnam CountyWest Virginia586
Kanawha CountyWest Virginia390
Raleigh CountyWest Virginia311
Lawrence CountyOhio241
Wood CountyWest Virginia241
Franklin CountyOhio213
Asia183
Mason CountyWest Virginia173
Calhoun CountyWest Virginia150

Top 10 counties people moved OUT to

DestinationState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Wayne CountyWest Virginia470
Kanawha CountyWest Virginia368
Lawrence CountyOhio321
Putnam CountyWest Virginia240
Monongalia CountyWest Virginia209
Boyd CountyKentucky183
Franklin CountyOhio113
Berkeley CountyWest Virginia110
Brooke CountyWest Virginia105
Marion CountyWest Virginia82

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Methodology

  • Counts represent the number of people aged 1+ who reported a different residence at the survey reference date than they did one year earlier, aggregated across the 5-year sample window 2016-2020.
  • Outbound (OUT) flows are reported less frequently than inbound (IN) because the survey captures the destination side of each move. Many county pairs have null OUT counts, which is normal.
  • "Total inflow" sums the published MOVEDIN counts across all origin counties, including foreign-region inflows (Africa, Asia, Central America, etc.). It is not the same as net population change.
  • Frozen vintage. The Census Bureau has not released a newer county-to-county migration flows file. The 2020 5-yr vintage (covering 2016-2020) is the latest available as of build date.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, County-to-County Migration Flows: 2016-2020. Vintage: 2020 5-yr. Generated: 2026-05-28. FIPS: 54011.