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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 564 people in, 693 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−129 people
−68 households
Arrivals' income
$55.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$57.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Hamilton 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. Story County106
  2. Webster County57
  3. Wright County53
  4. Boone County41
  5. Polk County32
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)275

Where did people go?

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

  1. Story County158
  2. Webster County105
  3. Polk County56
  4. Hardin County41
  5. Wright County38
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)295

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
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Boone County
withheld
Net moves with Hardin County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Hamilton usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2017–18.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−6822–23††‡†
Net migration of Hamilton County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−73
2014–15 †−47
2015–16−64
2016–17 †+3
2017–18−1
2018–19 ‡−94
2019–20−49
2020–21−32
2021–22−46
2022–23 †−68

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