Who's moving to and from Buena Vista County, Iowa?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 887 people in, 1,092 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−205 people
−141 households
Arrivals' income
$43.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$45.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Buena Vista County went in Iowa

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Clay County58
  2. Cherokee County56
  3. Sac County56
  4. Pocahontas County45
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)672

Where did people go?

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

  1. Sac County84
  2. Cherokee County79
  3. Polk County69
  4. Woodbury County67
  5. Clay County36
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)757

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 Polk County
withheld
Net moves with Woodbury County
withheld
Net moves with Pocahontas County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Buena Vista usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−14122–23††‡†
Net migration of Buena Vista County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−129
2014–15 †−136
2015–16−160
2016–17 †−229
2017–18−171
2018–19 ‡−178
2019–20−102
2020–21−132
2021–22−184
2022–23 †−141

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 Buena Vista County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/buena-vista-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.