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

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 7,943 people in, 7,983 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−40 people
−65 households
Arrivals' income
$59.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$63.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Linn County went in Iowa

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Johnson County1,141
  2. Benton County430
  3. Black Hawk County279
  4. Jones County261
  5. Polk County225
  6. Cook County, IL198
  7. Scott County153
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,604

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Johnson County935
  2. Benton County540
  3. Polk County380
  4. Jones County280
  5. Black Hawk County221
  6. Cook County, IL206
  7. Dubuque County146
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,594

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
43 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Linn usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2017–18.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−6522–23††‡†
Net migration of Linn County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+19
2014–15 †+158
2015–16+36
2016–17 †+423
2017–18−18
2018–19 ‡−163
2019–20−487
2020–21−917
2021–22−392
2022–23 †−65

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Linn County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/linn-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.