Who's moving to and from Columbia County, Oregon?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,623 people in, 2,251 out. Most were moving between Oregon counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+372 people
+184 households
Arrivals' income
$66.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$60.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Columbia County's newcomers came from in Oregon

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Oregon counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Cowlitz County, WA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Oregon. People, 2022–23.

  1. Washington County716
  2. Multnomah County461
  3. Clackamas County176
  4. Cowlitz County, WA141
  5. Clark County, WA110
  6. Yamhill County53
  7. Clatsop County48
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)816

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Washington County338
  2. Multnomah County262
  3. Cowlitz County, WA220
  4. Clark County, WA127
  5. Clackamas County108
  6. Clatsop County59
  7. Marion County49
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)979

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
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Left for abroad
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Smaller moves from the Northeast
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Smaller moves to the Northeast
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Net moves with Yamhill County
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Net moves with Deschutes County
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Net moves with Lane County
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Net moves with Benton County
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Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Columbia 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+18422–23††‡†
Net migration of Columbia County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+102
2014–15 †+15
2015–16+566
2016–17 †+622
2017–18+350
2018–19 ‡+137
2019–20+340
2020–21+180
2021–22+169
2022–23 †+184

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 Columbia County, Oregon?” movedwhere.com/county/columbia-county-or. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.