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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,618 people in, 1,229 out. Most were moving between Montana counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+389 people
+184 households
Arrivals' income
$82.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Lake County's newcomers came from in Montana

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Montana counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Missoula County245
  2. Flathead County227
  3. Gallatin County40
  4. Yellowstone County38
  5. Sanders County28
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,040

Where did people go?

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

  1. Flathead County233
  2. Missoula County184
  3. Sanders County46
  4. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)766

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 to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Gallatin County
withheld
Net moves with Yellowstone County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lake usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2018–19.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+18422–23††‡†
Net migration of Lake County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+18
2014–15 †+20
2015–16+119
2016–17 †+283
2017–18−1
2018–19 ‡+101
2019–20+307
2020–21+368
2021–22+294
2022–23 †+184

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, Montana?” movedwhere.com/county/lake-county-mt. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.