Who's moving to and from Lake County, Illinois?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 26,119 people in, 29,155 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−3,036 people
−3,046 households
Arrivals' income
$134.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$120.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lake County went in Illinois

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Illinois counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Kenosha County, WI, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Cook County11,713
  2. McHenry County1,531
  3. Kenosha County, WI872
  4. DuPage County848
  5. Kane County373
  6. San Diego County, CA320
  7. Milwaukee County, WI278
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,594

Where did people go?

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

  1. Cook County7,323
  2. McHenry County2,134
  3. Kenosha County, WI1,572
  4. DuPage County616
  5. Maricopa County, AZ518
  6. Kane County471
  7. Milwaukee County, WI404
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)6,976

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
412 people
Left for abroad
522 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lake usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−3,04622–23††‡†
Net migration of Lake County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−2,465
2014–15 †−2,035
2015–16−2,325
2016–17 †−3,269
2017–18−2,549
2018–19 ‡−2,739
2019–20−2,007
2020–21−1,867
2021–22−2,633
2022–23 †−3,046

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 Lake County, Illinois?” movedwhere.com/county/lake-county-il. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.