Who's moving to and from Lincoln County, New Mexico?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,065 people in, 1,103 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−38 people
−40 households
Arrivals' income
$72.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$60.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lincoln County went in New Mexico

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other New Mexico counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like El Paso County, TX, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Otero County90
  2. Doña Ana County87
  3. Chaves County61
  4. Bernalillo County52
  5. El Paso County, TX42
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)733

Where did people go?

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

  1. Otero County156
  2. Doña Ana County64
  3. El Paso County, TX58
  4. Bernalillo County47
  5. Chaves County44
  6. Eddy County43
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)691

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 Eddy County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lincoln usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4022–23††‡†
Net migration of Lincoln County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−91
2014–15 †−88
2015–16+32
2016–17 †+118
2017–18+48
2018–19 ‡+74
2019–20+114
2020–21+109
2021–22−3
2022–23 †−40

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, New Mexico?” movedwhere.com/county/lincoln-county-nm. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.