Who's moving to and from Fayette County, Iowa?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 681 people in, 741 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−60 people
−30 households
Arrivals' income
$47.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$43.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Fayette 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Buchanan County115
  2. Black Hawk County73
  3. Clayton County59
  4. Winneshiek County55
  5. Bremer County53
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)326

Where did people go?

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

  1. Buchanan County99
  2. Black Hawk County86
  3. Clayton County65
  4. Bremer County43
  5. Linn County40
  6. Winneshiek County33
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)375

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 from the South
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Linn County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Fayette usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−3022–23††‡†
Net migration of Fayette County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−63
2014–15 †−66
2015–16−107
2016–17 †−66
2017–18−39
2018–19 ‡−122
2019–20−76
2020–21−49
2021–22−10
2022–23 †−30

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 Fayette County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/fayette-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.