Cities in Pennsylvania by residents who moved from another state in the past year

State College, PA had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 68 cities in 2023, at 11.7%. St. Marys, PA had the lowest, at 0.1%. The median was 1.9% and the figure for Pennsylvania was 2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Top 40 cities, 2023

State College, PA: 11.7 %State College, PA11.7Wilkes-Barre, PA: 6.5 %Wilkes-Barre, PA6.5Carlisle, PA: 5.2 %Carlisle, PA5.2Easton, PA: 4.8 %Easton, PA4.8Pittsburgh, PA: 4.8 %Pittsburgh, PA4.8Sharon, PA: 4.7 %Sharon, PA4.7West Chester, PA: 4.5 %West Chester, PA4.5York, PA: 4.3 %York, PA4.3Hazleton, PA: 4.1 %Hazleton, PA4.1Scranton, PA: 4.1 %Scranton, PA4.1New Castle, PA: 4 %New Castle, PA4Harrisburg, PA: 3.7 %Harrisburg, PA3.7Hanover, PA: 3.4 %Hanover, PA3.4Lancaster, PA: 3.4 %Lancaster, PA3.4Wyomissing, PA: 3.3 %Wyomissing, PA3.3Erie, PA: 3.2 %Erie, PA3.2Phoenixville, PA: 3.2 %Phoenixville, PA3.2Wilkinsburg, PA: 3.2 %Wilkinsburg, PA3.2Dunmore, PA: 3.1 %Dunmore, PA3.1Waynesboro, PA: 3 %Waynesboro, PA3Franklin Park, PA: 2.8 %Franklin Park, PA2.8Bethlehem, PA: 2.8 %Bethlehem, PA2.8Philadelphia, PA: 2.8 %Philadelphia, PA2.8Williamsport, PA: 2.8 %Williamsport, PA2.8Reading, PA: 2.8 %Reading, PA2.8Indiana, PA: 2.7 %Indiana, PA2.7Johnstown, PA: 2.7 %Johnstown, PA2.7Elizabethtown, PA: 2.4 %Elizabethtown, PA2.4Nanticoke, PA: 2.3 %Nanticoke, PA2.3Bloomsburg, PA: 2.2 %Bloomsburg, PA2.2Lebanon, PA: 2.1 %Lebanon, PA2.1Chester, PA: 2.1 %Chester, PA2.1Chambersburg, PA: 2 %Chambersburg, PA2Meadville, PA: 1.9 %Meadville, PA1.9Kingston, PA: 1.9 %Kingston, PA1.9Allentown, PA: 1.9 %Allentown, PA1.9Bethel Park, PA: 1.6 %Bethel Park, PA1.6Greensburg, PA: 1.5 %Greensburg, PA1.5Hermitage, PA: 1.3 %Hermitage, PA1.3Altoona, PA: 1.3 %Altoona, PA1.3State College, PA: 11.7 %State College, PA11.7Wilkes-Barre, PA: 6.5 %Wilkes-Barre, PA6.5Carlisle, PA: 5.2 %Carlisle, PA5.2Easton, PA: 4.8 %Easton, PA4.8Pittsburgh, PA: 4.8 %Pittsburgh, PA4.8Sharon, PA: 4.7 %Sharon, PA4.7West Chester, PA: 4.5 %West Chester, PA4.5York, PA: 4.3 %York, PA4.3Hazleton, PA: 4.1 %Hazleton, PA4.1Scranton, PA: 4.1 %Scranton, PA4.1New Castle, PA: 4 %New Castle, PA4Harrisburg, PA: 3.7 %Harrisburg, PA3.7Hanover, PA: 3.4 %Hanover, PA3.4Lancaster, PA: 3.4 %Lancaster, PA3.4Wyomissing, PA: 3.3 %Wyomissing, PA3.3Erie, PA: 3.2 %Erie, PA3.2Phoenixville, PA: 3.2 %Phoenixville, PA3.2Wilkinsburg, PA: 3.2 %Wilkinsburg, PA3.2Dunmore, PA: 3.1 %Dunmore, PA3.1Waynesboro, PA: 3 %Waynesboro, PA3Franklin Park, PA: 2.8 %Franklin Park, PA2.8Bethlehem, PA: 2.8 %Bethlehem, PA2.8Philadelphia, PA: 2.8 %Philadelphia, PA2.8Williamsport, PA: 2.8 %Williamsport, PA2.8Reading, PA: 2.8 %Reading, PA2.8Indiana, PA: 2.7 %Indiana, PA2.7Johnstown, PA: 2.7 %Johnstown, PA2.7Elizabethtown, PA: 2.4 %Elizabethtown, PA2.4Nanticoke, PA: 2.3 %Nanticoke, PA2.3Bloomsburg, PA: 2.2 %Bloomsburg, PA2.2Lebanon, PA: 2.1 %Lebanon, PA2.1Chester, PA: 2.1 %Chester, PA2.1Chambersburg, PA: 2 %Chambersburg, PA2Meadville, PA: 1.9 %Meadville, PA1.9Kingston, PA: 1.9 %Kingston, PA1.9Allentown, PA: 1.9 %Allentown, PA1.9Bethel Park, PA: 1.6 %Bethel Park, PA1.6Greensburg, PA: 1.5 %Greensburg, PA1.5Hermitage, PA: 1.3 %Hermitage, PA1.3Altoona, PA: 1.3 %Altoona, PA1.3
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1State College, PA11.7-0 pts
2Wilkes-Barre, PA6.5-0.2 pts
3Carlisle, PA5.2+0.2 pts
4Easton, PA4.8-1.4 pts
5Pittsburgh, PA4.8-0.1 pts
6Sharon, PA4.7+0.8 pts
7West Chester, PA4.5-0.4 pts
8York, PA4.3-0.5 pts
9Hazleton, PA4.1-1.6 pts
10Scranton, PA4.1-0 pts
11New Castle, PA40 pts
12Harrisburg, PA3.7+0.3 pts
13Hanover, PA3.4-0.1 pts
14Lancaster, PA3.4+0.4 pts
15Wyomissing, PA3.30 pts
16Erie, PA3.2+0.4 pts
16Phoenixville, PA3.2-0.5 pts
18Wilkinsburg, PA3.2+0.2 pts
19Dunmore, PA3.1+0.2 pts
20Waynesboro, PA3-1.7 pts
21Franklin Park, PA2.8-0.4 pts
22Bethlehem, PA2.8-0.3 pts
23Philadelphia, PA2.8+0.1 pts
23Williamsport, PA2.8+0.5 pts
25Reading, PA2.8+0.2 pts
26Indiana, PA2.7-0.8 pts
27Johnstown, PA2.7+1 pts
28Elizabethtown, PA2.4-0 pts
29Nanticoke, PA2.3-1.4 pts
30Bloomsburg, PA2.2-0.1 pts
31Lebanon, PA2.1-0.4 pts
32Chester, PA2.10 pts
33Chambersburg, PA2+0.1 pts
34Meadville, PA1.9-1 pts
35Kingston, PA1.9-0.4 pts
36Allentown, PA1.9-0 pts
37Bethel Park, PA1.6-0.2 pts
38Greensburg, PA1.5-0.3 pts
39Hermitage, PA1.3+0.4 pts
40Altoona, PA1.3-0.1 pts
41Norristown, PA1.3-0.5 pts
42Washington, PA1.2-0.4 pts
43Butler, PA1.2-0.4 pts
44Murrysville, PA1.2+0.3 pts
45Lansdale, PA1.1-0.5 pts
46Pottstown, PA1.1-0.1 pts
47Baldwin, PA1.1+0.1 pts
48Monroeville, PA10 pts
49Coatesville, PA10 pts
50Jefferson Hills, PA0.9-0.2 pts
51Munhall, PA0.9+0.1 pts
52Columbia, PA0.9+0.1 pts
53Northampton, PA0.8-0.3 pts
54Mechanicsburg, PA0.80 pts
55Ephrata, PA0.8-1.2 pts
56West Mifflin, PA0.7-0 pts
57Lansdowne, PA0.6-0.2 pts
58Darby, PA0.5-0 pts
59Plum, PA0.50 pts
60McKeesport, PA0.5-0.3 pts
61Whitehall, PA0.5-0.1 pts
62Yeadon, PA0.4-0.1 pts
63Berwick, PA0.40 pts
64Emmaus, PA0.3-0.7 pts
64Pottsville, PA0.3-0.2 pts
66New Kensington, PA0.3-0.2 pts
67Lower Burrell, PA0.2-0.4 pts
68St. Marys, PA0.1-0.1 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts people who arrived, not net migration: people who left are not subtracted. Moves from abroad are left out. For the nation it is everyone who changed state.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Pennsylvania by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Pennsylvania by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/pennsylvania-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Pennsylvania by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/pennsylvania-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Pennsylvania by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/pennsylvania-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Pennsylvania by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2023}},
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Which city has the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

State College, PA, with 11.7% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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St. Marys, PA, with 0.1% in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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