Who's moving to and from Lincoln County, Nebraska?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,200 people in, 1,431 out. Most were moving between Nebraska counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−231 people
−126 households
Arrivals' income
$49.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$57.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lincoln County went in Nebraska

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in Nebraska. People, 2022–23.

  1. Dawson County64
  2. Lancaster County62
  3. Douglas County50
  4. Buffalo County49
  5. Keith County47
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)928

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Nebraska. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lancaster County121
  2. Buffalo County87
  3. Douglas County71
  4. Dawson County61
  5. Frontier County56
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,035

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 Frontier County
withheld
Net moves with Keith County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lincoln usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−12622–23††‡†
Net migration of Lincoln County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−83
2014–15 †−26
2015–16−17
2016–17 †−71
2017–18−45
2018–19 ‡−209
2019–20−230
2020–21−79
2021–22−97
2022–23 †−126

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 Lincoln County, Nebraska?” movedwhere.com/county/lincoln-county-ne. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.