Who's moving to and from Des Moines County, Iowa?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,398 people in, 1,416 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−18 people
+4 households
Arrivals' income
$54.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$54.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Des Moines County went in Iowa

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Iowa counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Henderson County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lee County148
  2. Henry County138
  3. Henderson County, IL77
  4. Cook County, IL68
  5. Louisa County58
  6. Scott County44
  7. Johnson County37
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)828

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Iowa. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lee County159
  2. Henry County114
  3. Johnson County78
  4. Henderson County, IL63
  5. Linn County52
  6. Louisa County45
  7. Polk County44
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)800

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 Linn County
withheld
Net moves with Polk County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Des Moines usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+422–23††‡†
Net migration of Des Moines County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−113
2014–15 †−100
2015–16−119
2016–17 †−221
2017–18−103
2018–19 ‡−103
2019–20−44
2020–21−130
2021–22−20
2022–23 †+4

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 Des Moines County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/des-moines-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.