Who's moving to and from Defiance County, Ohio?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,520 people in, 1,418 out. Most were moving between Ohio counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+102 people
−22 households
Arrivals' income
$45.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$46.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Defiance County's newcomers came from in Ohio

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Ohio counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Allen County, IN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Williams County278
  2. Paulding County175
  3. Henry County111
  4. Fulton County90
  5. Allen County, IN90
  6. Lucas County83
  7. Putnam County60
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)633

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Ohio. People, 2022–23.

  1. Williams County244
  2. Paulding County170
  3. Henry County144
  4. Lucas County86
  5. Fulton County55
  6. Allen County, IN53
  7. DeKalb County, IN51
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)492

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 Wood County
withheld
Net moves with Franklin County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Defiance usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2222–23††‡†
Net migration of Defiance County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−35
2014–15 †−62
2015–16−150
2016–17 †+30
2017–18−44
2018–19 ‡−96
2019–20+2
2020–21−85
2021–22+41
2022–23 †−22

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 Defiance County, Ohio?” movedwhere.com/county/defiance-county-oh. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.