Who's moving to and from Bay County, Michigan?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 3,701 people in, 3,505 out. Most were moving between Michigan counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+196 people
+64 households
Arrivals' income
$50.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$52.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Bay County's newcomers came from in Michigan

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Michigan counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in Michigan. People, 2022–23.

  1. Saginaw County821
  2. Midland County542
  3. Arenac County176
  4. Tuscola County143
  5. Genesee County140
  6. Oakland County103
  7. Huron County76
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,305

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Michigan. People, 2022–23.

  1. Saginaw County772
  2. Midland County489
  3. Arenac County149
  4. Oakland County145
  5. Genesee County141
  6. Tuscola County130
  7. Gladwin County93
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,229

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Bay usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+6422–23††‡†
Net migration of Bay County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−322
2014–15 †−174
2015–16−268
2016–17 †−86
2017–18−118
2018–19 ‡−120
2019–20−195
2020–21+87
2021–22+70
2022–23 †+64

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Bay County, Michigan?” movedwhere.com/county/bay-county-mi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.