Gadsden migration, mapped
In 2022–23, 4,055 people moved into the Gadsden metro and 3,596 moved out, a net of +459. Yellow arcs are people arriving, blue arcs are people leaving. Hover a dot to see the corridor, or click through to compare.
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† IRS methodology change in this year’s files (see methodology)
What the flows say
- Biggest published corridors: Rest of Alabama leads both directions, with 974 people in and 898 out in 2022–23. The listed corridors cover about 56–61% of all flows; the totals count everyone.
- Trend: net inflow has cooled over the last three years, from +587 in 2020–21 to +459 in 2022–23†.
Population · 2025
103,886
▲ 0.4% year over year · growing
Peak population · 2010
104,440
0.5% below the 2010 peak
Why the population is changing
- Growth driver: domestic migration added more people than anything else: +629 in 2025, ahead of births minus deaths (−294) and international migration (+72).
- Peak population: the high-water mark was 104,440 in 2010. The 2025 estimate of 103,886 is 0.5% below that.
Net income flow · 2022–23
+$19M
▲ $118M arrived · $99M left
Avg household income · movers
$56k in · $51k out
arrivals out-earn leavers by 10%
Gadsden wealth migration
- Money moved: households moving into the Gadsden metro in 2022–23 reported $118M in income (AGI). Households leaving took $99M with them, a net gain of $19M.
- Income gap: the average household moving in reported $56k of income, vs $51k for leavers. Arrivals out-earn leavers by 10%.
About the data
Corridors are IRS county-to-county migration flows added up into metro areas (2023 Census metro definitions; exemptions ≈ people). "Rest of" entries cover a state's counties outside any featured metro. The IRS hides corridors with fewer than 20 returns, so the lists here cover about 56% of inbound and 61% of outbound movers in 2022–23. The in, out, and net totals count everyone. Income figures are the total income (AGI) movers reported, from the complete county totals. Dollars are not adjusted for inflation, and household averages divide by the number of returns. Population figures are Census Bureau estimates; the peak covers records since 2000. Years marked † had a change in how the IRS built the files. Full details on the methodology page.
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