Iowa vs Wisconsin: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Wisconsin. In 2022–23, 429 more people moved from Iowa to Wisconsin than the other way.

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Wisconsin → Iowa2,282 people

Arrivals' income: $60.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Iowa → Wisconsin2,711 people

Leavers' income: $62.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,993 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Iowa and Wisconsin (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−78
2014–15 †	−38
2015–16	−226
2016–17 †	−386
2017–18	−257
2018–19	−301
2019–20	−201
2020–21	−184
2021–22	−211
2022–23 †	−310

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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Wisconsin

Net change, all states: +2,753
Moved in · moved out: 89,800 · 87,047
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $72.4k · $74.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Wisconsin 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	2,467	2,587	−120	1,340	1,418	$50.5k	$46.9k
2014–15 †	1,590	1,639	−49	913	951	$44.9k	$53.5k
2015–16	2,414	2,841	−427	1,355	1,581	$53.8k	$56.6k
2016–17 †	3,303	4,035	−732	1,758	2,144	$59.3k	$57.0k
2017–18	2,360	2,830	−470	1,310	1,567	$55.2k	$59.1k
2018–19	2,133	2,708	−575	1,235	1,536	$57.2k	$74.0k
2019–20	2,560	2,922	−362	1,446	1,647	$55.6k	$63.7k
2020–21	2,469	2,773	−304	1,465	1,649	$58.2k	$60.5k
2021–22	2,422	2,778	−356	1,480	1,691	$63.3k	$66.3k
2022–23 †	2,282	2,711	−429	1,458	1,768	$60.9k	$62.8k

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

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