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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 2,797 people in, 2,888 out. Most were moving between Wisconsin counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−91 people
−96 households
Arrivals' income
$60.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$59.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Columbia County went in Wisconsin

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Dane County925
  2. Sauk County330
  3. Dodge County165
  4. Marquette County151
  5. Adams County83
  6. Jefferson County55
  7. Juneau County44
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)942

Where did people go?

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

  1. Dane County638
  2. Sauk County346
  3. Dodge County233
  4. Marquette County198
  5. Adams County80
  6. Rock County67
  7. Jefferson County62
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,079

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
Net moves with Waukesha County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Columbia usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−9622–23††‡†
Net migration of Columbia County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+2
2014–15 †−133
2015–16+54
2016–17 †+216
2017–18+145
2018–19 ‡+5
2019–20−73
2020–21+84
2021–22+56
2022–23 †−96

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