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

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 896 people in, 899 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−3 people
−40 households
Arrivals' income
$53.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$60.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Mahaska 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 are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Marion County154
  2. Wapello County107
  3. Polk County83
  4. Keokuk County47
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)505

Where did people go?

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

  1. Marion County165
  2. Wapello County113
  3. Polk County78
  4. Jasper County39
  5. Keokuk County38
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)466

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 Jasper County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Mahaska usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4022–23††‡†
Net migration of Mahaska County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−72
2014–15 †−50
2015–16−96
2016–17 †−67
2017–18−90
2018–19 ‡−19
2019–20−55
2020–21−52
2021–22−32
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 Mahaska County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/mahaska-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.