Who's moving to and from Clay County, Illinois?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 471 people in, 456 out. Most were moving between Illinois counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+15 people
−23 households
Arrivals' income
$41.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$39.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Clay County's newcomers came from in Illinois

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Wayne County62
  2. Richland County53
  3. Marion County51
  4. Effingham County42
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)263

Where did people go?

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

  1. Wayne County77
  2. Effingham County55
  3. Marion County41
  4. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)283

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 from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Richland County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Clay usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2018–19.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2322–23††‡†
Net migration of Clay County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−7
2014–15 †−9
2015–16−40
2016–17 †−20
2017–18+10
2018–19 ‡−23
2019–20−19
2020–21−42
2021–22−29
2022–23 †−23

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 Clay County, Illinois?” movedwhere.com/county/clay-county-il. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.