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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 264 people in, 373 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−109 people
−58 households
Arrivals' income
$46.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$53.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Howard 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 7 in 10 already lived in Iowa. People, 2022–23.

  1. Winneshiek County39
  2. Chickasaw County34
  3. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)191

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Iowa. People, 2022–23.

  1. Winneshiek County77
  2. Mitchell County42
  3. Chickasaw County32
  4. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)222

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 from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Mitchell County
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Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Howard usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−5822–23††‡†
Net migration of Howard County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−31
2014–15 †−23
2015–16+5
2016–17 †−43
2017–18+44
2018–19 ‡−4
2019–20+17
2020–21+7
2021–22−22
2022–23 †−58

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