Duggar Family Members Have Moved From Arkansas

In a family that grew up sharing a single Arkansas compound, the Duggars spread quickly.

From California to Rhode Island to Texas, there are a few Jim Bob again Michelle DuggarOlder children are building lives away from home in the Midwest. Keep scrolling to find out more:

Jill Duggar Heads to Virginia and Rhode Island

Jill Duggar with her husband, Derick Dillard, announced on their family blog in April 2026 that Derick joined the Marine Corps.

“Derick joined the Marine Corps! Selected for Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS),” Jill wrote, noting Dillard was “off duty” to Virginia later that month. “The King agrees, he will serve as an officer at the end of OCS and continue with a few more trainings before receiving his assignment as a JAG officer for the Marine Corps.”

Jill and the couple's three sons – Israel, Samuel and Freddy – plan to follow Derick to the East Coast after his first training.

“After Derick's 10 weeks of intensive training at OCS, Jill and the kids will move to join him in Virginia, then Rhode Island for the remainder of his training,” the blog post added.

Derrick, a recent lawyer in Arkansas, and Jill moved temporarily to Central America to do volunteer work. They returned to the United States in 2017.

Jana Duggar is based in Nebraska

Jana Duggar he left for the west after his marriage Stephen Wissman in August 2024, based in Wissman's hometown in Nebraska.

Weeks later, Jana shared a YouTube video “fix-up” house. they prepared. The extended home has been upgraded to have two floors, five bedrooms and multiple bathrooms on both levels.

“He has a small house that we bought and we are renovating and we are pulling each other, that was fun,” Jana said People in the interview at that time.

Jana and Stephen welcomed their first child, son Archie, in December 2025 after a house renovation.

Jinger Duggar's life in Los Angeles

Jinger Duggar moved to Laredo, Texas, after marriage Jeremy Vuolo in 2016, and the couple moved to Los Angeles about three years later so that Jeremy could pursue further theological training.

Despite the distance across the country, Jinger has maintained a close relationship and his parents and siblings. She and Jeremy, with whom she shares three children, are returning to Arkansas for Christmas 2025 for the first time in nearly a decade.

“We haven't been back to the Duggar house since we've been married for nine years for Christmas,” Jinger said on her podcast in December 2025, explaining that they usually spend the holiday with Jeremy's relatives. “Over the years, we've decided, 'Like, OK, it's going to be time to spend with the Vuolo family at Christmas.' My family [is] we're always together a lot, so it's easy for us to go back. We [recently] he went back three times in one year for marriages

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Justin Duggar Lives in the South

Justin Duggar you are married Claire Spivey in February 2021quickly planting roots in the bride's native Texas.

“We decided to settle down in Texas, near Claire's parents and her hometown,” Justin said in an April 2021 TLC video. “The new thing I learned about Claire is that she can't leave in the morning without a cup of hot tea.” He always has to drink his hot gray tea and act a certain way, I think. But, I think it's good.”

This story was compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.