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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 13,525 people in, 12,325 out. Most were moving between Illinois counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,200 people
+83 households
Arrivals' income
$76.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$80.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where McHenry County's newcomers came from in Illinois

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Illinois counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Walworth County, WI, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Illinois. People, 2022–23.

  1. Cook County4,112
  2. Lake County2,134
  3. Kane County2,004
  4. DuPage County746
  5. Walworth County, WI234
  6. Winnebago County207
  7. Kenosha County, WI179
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,917

Where did people go?

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

  1. Cook County1,846
  2. Lake County1,531
  3. Kane County1,406
  4. DuPage County380
  5. Winnebago County323
  6. Walworth County, WI321
  7. Boone County273
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,066

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
39 people
Left for abroad
59 people
Net moves with Champaign County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is McHenry usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+8322–23††‡†
Net migration of McHenry County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−283
2014–15 †−422
2015–16−572
2016–17 †+182
2017–18−407
2018–19 ‡−405
2019–20−132
2020–21+169
2021–22+54
2022–23 †+83

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