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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,217 people in, 1,415 out. Most were moving between Illinois counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−198 people
−119 households
Arrivals' income
$52.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$56.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lee 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in Illinois. People, 2022–23.

  1. Whiteside County252
  2. Ogle County205
  3. DeKalb County93
  4. LaSalle County55
  5. Cook County42
  6. Winnebago County41
  7. DuPage County39
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)460

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Illinois. People, 2022–23.

  1. Whiteside County320
  2. Ogle County239
  3. LaSalle County80
  4. DeKalb County64
  5. Cook County54
  6. Winnebago County54
  7. Bureau County40
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)564

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 DuPage 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−11922–23††‡†
Net migration of Lee County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−72
2014–15 †−124
2015–16−47
2016–17 †−36
2017–18−21
2018–19 ‡−66
2019–20−13
2020–21+163
2021–22−68
2022–23 †−119

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