Who's moving to and from Lee County, Iowa?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,030 people in, 1,005 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+25 people
−30 households
Arrivals' income
$54.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$47.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Lee County's newcomers came from in Iowa

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Iowa counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Hancock County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Des Moines County159
  2. Hancock County, IL142
  3. Henry County51
  4. Van Buren County40
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)638

Where did people go?

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

  1. Des Moines County148
  2. Hancock County, IL133
  3. Clark County, MO51
  4. Henry County46
  5. Johnson County42
  6. Adams County, IL31
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)554

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 Johnson County
withheld
Net moves with Van Buren County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lee usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−3022–23††‡†
Net migration of Lee County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−54
2014–15 †−56
2015–16−142
2016–17 †−79
2017–18−81
2018–19 ‡+6
2019–20−58
2020–21−136
2021–22−102
2022–23 †−30

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 Lee County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/lee-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.