Who's moving to and from Benton County, Minnesota?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 2,686 people in, 2,808 out. Most were moving between Minnesota counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−122 people
−75 households
Arrivals' income
$49.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$52.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Benton County went in Minnesota

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 9 in 10 already lived in Minnesota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Stearns County1,314
  2. Sherburne County285
  3. Hennepin County109
  4. Morrison County105
  5. Mille Lacs County82
  6. Wright County79
  7. Anoka County72
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)605

Where did people go?

About 9 in 10 who left stayed in Minnesota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Stearns County1,174
  2. Sherburne County220
  3. Hennepin County165
  4. Morrison County125
  5. Mille Lacs County99
  6. Wright County87
  7. Anoka County68
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)748

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
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Ramsey County
withheld
Net moves with Dakota County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Benton usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−7522–23††‡†
Net migration of Benton County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−86
2014–15 †−64
2015–16−84
2016–17 †−4
2017–18−121
2018–19 ‡−69
2019–20−75
2020–21+1
2021–22−58
2022–23 †−75

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 Benton County, Minnesota?” movedwhere.com/county/benton-county-mn. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.