Fairfax County Loses Taxpayers to Other Virginia Counties
FCTA has extracted the following data from howmoneywalks.com. It shows that taxpayers in Fairfax County, with Average Gross Income (AGI) totaling over $10 billion, have left Fairfax County. Most have moved to neighboring Loudoun and Prince William counties, which have lower tax rates.
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| Fairfax County (Va) Lost $10.08 billion in annual AGI 
Gained Wealth From:
$2.00 billion Arlington County, VA
$1.75 billion Alexandria City, VA
$752.58 million Montgomery County, MD
$180.89 million Washington, DC
$117.76 million Los Angeles County, CA
Lost Wealth To:
$5.47 billion Loudoun County, VA
$2.90 billion Prince William County, VA
$1.00 billion Fredericksburg, VA
$349.80 million Fauquier County, VA
$327.20 million Stafford County, VA |
Loudoun County (Va) Gained $5.47 billion in annual AGI 
Gained Wealth From:
$5.47 billion Fairfax County, VA
$433.96 million Montgomery County, MD
$280.38 million Arlington County, VA
$208.41 million Alexandria City, VA
$150.71 million Washington, DC
Lost Wealth To:
$149.71 million Frederick County, VA
$149.41 million Jefferson County, WV
$125.68 million Clarke County, VA
$88.00 million Duval County, FL
$63.46 million Fauquier County, VA |
| Prince William County (Va) Gained $2.90 billion in annual AGI 
Gained Wealth From:
$2.90 billion Fairfax County, VA
$403.47 million Alexandria City, VA
$219.92 million Arlington County, VA
$113.13 million Manassas City, VA
$76.92 million Montgomery County, MD
Lost Wealth To:
$739.31 million Stafford County, VA
$371.11 million Fauquier County, VA
$244.84 million Spotsylvania County, VA
$129.87 million Culpeper County, VA
$93.33 million Warren County, VA |
Stafford County (Va) Gained $759.35 million in annual AGI 
Gained Wealth From:
$739.31 million Prince William County, VA
$327.20 million Fairfax County, VA
$41.37 million Alexandria City, VA
$31.04 million Monterey County, CA
$30.04 million Prince George's County, MD
Lost Wealth To:
$290.87 million Spotsylvania County, VA
$57.41 million King George County, VA
$47.24 million Caroline County, VA
$39.25 million Fredericksburg City, VA
$28.77 million Orange County, VA |
For more about this topic, read " How Money Walks: How $2 Trillion Moved Between the States, and Why It Matters" by Travis Brown. Also, the National Taxpayers Union has produced a 6-minute youtube video.