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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 3,129 people in, 3,290 out. Most were moving between Michigan counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−161 people
−12 households
Arrivals' income
$40.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$46.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Isabella 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 8 in 10 already lived in Michigan. People, 2022–23.

  1. Clare County312
  2. Gratiot County301
  3. Midland County210
  4. Mecosta County158
  5. Montcalm County115
  6. Kent County102
  7. Ingham County88
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,120

Where did people go?

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

  1. Clare County285
  2. Gratiot County273
  3. Midland County251
  4. Mecosta County150
  5. Montcalm County131
  6. Oakland County116
  7. Ingham County115
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,315

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

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Isabella usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1222–23††‡†
Net migration of Isabella County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−280
2014–15 †−237
2015–16−287
2016–17 †−557
2017–18−372
2018–19 ‡−206
2019–20−241
2020–21−166
2021–22−46
2022–23 †−12

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 Isabella County, Michigan?” movedwhere.com/county/isabella-county-mi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.