Illinois vs Iowa: which way are people moving?

Name: Illinois vs Iowa: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Iowa. In 2022–23, 1,256 more people moved from Illinois to Iowa than the other way.

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Iowa → Illinois7,326 people

Arrivals' income: $53.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Illinois → Iowa8,582 people

Leavers' income: $58.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Illinois is Iowa's biggest moving partner in both directions: 15,908 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Iowa than to Illinois every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Illinois and Iowa (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−974
2014–15 †	−821
2015–16	−781
2016–17 †	−1,383
2017–18	−795
2018–19	−601
2019–20	−726
2020–21	−609
2021–22	−281
2022–23 †	−694

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Illinois

Net change, all states: −54,182
Moved in · moved out: 179,622 · 233,804
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $78.8k · $104.4k

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Iowa

Net change, all states: −1,467
Moved in · moved out: 57,011 · 58,478
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $61.6k · $64.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Iowa and Illinois, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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	People			Households		Avg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–14	7,010	9,277	−2,267	3,864	4,838	$41.3k	$45.2k
2014–15 †	5,243	7,020	−1,777	2,978	3,799	$39.9k	$39.1k
2015–16	7,427	9,340	−1,913	4,125	4,906	$44.8k	$45.2k
2016–17 †	9,272	12,604	−3,332	5,135	6,518	$47.9k	$53.6k
2017–18	7,367	9,139	−1,772	4,119	4,914	$51.0k	$50.3k
2018–19	7,084	8,434	−1,350	4,078	4,679	$45.1k	$52.6k
2019–20	7,835	9,384	−1,549	4,427	5,153	$48.6k	$55.8k
2020–21	7,420	8,559	−1,139	4,381	4,990	$46.9k	$56.3k
2021–22	7,630	8,368	−738	4,623	4,904	$53.9k	$63.5k
2022–23 †	7,326	8,582	−1,256	4,586	5,280	$53.7k	$58.1k

† Processing-break years. Read changes across a † row with care.

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Moved Where. “Illinois vs Iowa: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/illinois-vs-iowa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.