Who's moving to and from Houghton County, Michigan?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,270 people in, 1,389 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−119 people
−208 households
Arrivals' income
$52.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$46.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Houghton County went in Michigan

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Michigan counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Marquette County56
  2. Baraga County44
  3. Wayne County36
  4. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,134

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Marquette County94
  2. Baraga County61
  3. Oakland County48
  4. Wayne County35
  5. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,151

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
Net moves with Oakland County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Houghton usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−20822–23††‡†
Net migration of Houghton County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−153
2014–15 †−106
2015–16−101
2016–17 †−323
2017–18−212
2018–19 ‡−307
2019–20−266
2020–21−51
2021–22−179
2022–23 †−208

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Houghton County, Michigan?” movedwhere.com/county/houghton-county-mi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.