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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 2,935 people in, 3,417 out. Most were moving between Illinois counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−482 people
−272 households
Arrivals' income
$54.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$73.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Macon 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, like Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Sangamon County199
  2. Champaign County118
  3. Shelby County114
  4. Cook County109
  5. Piatt County103
  6. Christian County97
  7. Moultrie County93
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,795

Where did people go?

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

  1. Sangamon County218
  2. Cook County118
  3. Champaign County116
  4. Christian County112
  5. McLean County111
  6. Shelby County101
  7. Piatt County100
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,048

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
Net moves with Peoria County
withheld
Net moves with Tazewell County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Macon usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−27222–23††‡†
Net migration of Macon County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−593
2014–15 †−154
2015–16−462
2016–17 †−728
2017–18−314
2018–19 ‡−310
2019–20−363
2020–21−458
2021–22−355
2022–23 †−272

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