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

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 5,048 people in, 5,030 out. Most were moving between Illinois counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+18 people
−92 households
Arrivals' income
$54.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$52.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where DeKalb 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, like Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Kane County1,043
  2. Cook County792
  3. DuPage County446
  4. Kendall County374
  5. LaSalle County177
  6. Winnebago County175
  7. Ogle County172
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,382

Where did people go?

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

  1. Cook County653
  2. Kane County624
  3. DuPage County271
  4. Ogle County250
  5. Kendall County237
  6. Winnebago County226
  7. LaSalle County216
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,964

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

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is DeKalb usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−9222–23††‡†
Net migration of DeKalb County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−404
2014–15 †−214
2015–16−515
2016–17 †−747
2017–18−340
2018–19 ‡−479
2019–20−568
2020–21−337
2021–22−302
2022–23 †−92

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