Iowa vs Minnesota: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Minnesota. In 2022–23, 611 more people moved from Iowa to Minnesota than the other way.

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Minnesota → Iowa3,746 people

Arrivals' income: $66.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Iowa → Minnesota4,357 people

Leavers' income: $63.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,103 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Iowa and Minnesota (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−131
2014–15 †	−297
2015–16	−578
2016–17 †	−1,167
2017–18	−567
2018–19	−666
2019–20	−310
2020–21	−114
2021–22	−346
2022–23 †	−495

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

The two states overall

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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Minnesota

Net change, all states: −7,561
Moved in · moved out: 84,839 · 92,400
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $70.5k · $89.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Minnesota and Iowa, 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	4,197	4,199	−2	2,230	2,361	$45.5k	$47.0k
2014–15 †	2,666	3,133	−467	1,489	1,786	$49.3k	$47.7k
2015–16	3,869	4,856	−987	2,115	2,693	$53.6k	$54.2k
2016–17 †	5,129	7,094	−1,965	2,750	3,917	$56.7k	$56.5k
2017–18	3,823	4,734	−911	2,147	2,714	$54.1k	$64.1k
2018–19	3,572	4,506	−934	1,994	2,660	$64.0k	$56.5k
2019–20	4,121	4,356	−235	2,239	2,549	$62.7k	$60.9k
2020–21	4,119	4,282	−163	2,435	2,549	$59.8k	$59.6k
2021–22	3,824	4,209	−385	2,269	2,615	$69.3k	$61.9k
2022–23 †	3,746	4,357	−611	2,324	2,819	$66.0k	$63.7k

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

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