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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 11,051 people in, 9,981 out. Most were moving between Washington counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,070 people
+533 households
Arrivals' income
$67.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$71.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Benton County's newcomers came from in Washington

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Washington counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Umatilla County, OR, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Washington. People, 2022–23.

  1. Franklin County2,895
  2. Yakima County1,053
  3. King County470
  4. Grant County342
  5. Walla Walla County281
  6. Spokane County280
  7. Umatilla County, OR255
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,318

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Washington. People, 2022–23.

  1. Franklin County2,583
  2. Yakima County671
  3. King County428
  4. Spokane County375
  5. Umatilla County, OR257
  6. Walla Walla County244
  7. Maricopa County, AZ194
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,459

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
64 people
Left for abroad
84 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Benton usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+53322–23††‡†
Net migration of Benton County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+401
2014–15 †+455
2015–16+671
2016–17 †+1,417
2017–18+532
2018–19 ‡+710
2019–20+772
2020–21+518
2021–22+497
2022–23 †+533

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Benton County, Washington?” movedwhere.com/county/benton-county-wa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.