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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 23,140 people in, 24,750 out. Most were moving between Michigan counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,610 people
−227 households
Arrivals' income
$61.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$68.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Kent 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, like Cook County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Michigan. People, 2022–23.

  1. Ottawa County3,694
  2. Allegan County909
  3. Montcalm County810
  4. Muskegon County798
  5. Kalamazoo County691
  6. Oakland County683
  7. Barry County615
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,267

Where did people go?

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

  1. Ottawa County4,720
  2. Allegan County1,226
  3. Montcalm County1,080
  4. Barry County960
  5. Muskegon County920
  6. Ionia County887
  7. Newaygo County690
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,214

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
151 people
Left for abroad
212 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Kent usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2016–17.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−22722–23††‡†
Net migration of Kent County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+423
2014–15 †+195
2015–16+230
2016–17 †−925
2017–18−260
2018–19 ‡−838
2019–20−1,453
2020–21−1,340
2021–22−1,511
2022–23 †−227

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