Who's moving to and from Kay County, Oklahoma?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,667 people in, 1,801 out. Most were moving between Oklahoma counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−134 people
−24 households
Arrivals' income
$42.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$47.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Kay County went in Oklahoma

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Oklahoma counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Cowley County, KS, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in Oklahoma. People, 2022–23.

  1. Osage County175
  2. Cowley County, KS108
  3. Payne County93
  4. Oklahoma County83
  5. Sedgwick County, KS67
  6. Garfield County62
  7. Noble County56
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)931

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Oklahoma. People, 2022–23.

  1. Oklahoma County148
  2. Osage County137
  3. Payne County130
  4. Sedgwick County, KS90
  5. Cowley County, KS79
  6. Noble County77
  7. Tulsa County65
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)974

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
Net moves with Grant County
withheld
Net moves with Cleveland County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Kay usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2422–23††‡†
Net migration of Kay County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−92
2014–15 †−71
2015–16−160
2016–17 †−342
2017–18−48
2018–19 ‡−137
2019–20+57
2020–21+21
2021–22+69
2022–23 †−24

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 Kay County, Oklahoma?” movedwhere.com/county/kay-county-ok. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.