Who's moving to and from Mecosta County, Michigan?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,324 people in, 2,175 out. Most were moving between Michigan counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+149 people
+47 households
Arrivals' income
$49.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$45.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Mecosta County's newcomers came from in Michigan

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Michigan counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Kent County330
  2. Montcalm County235
  3. Newaygo County199
  4. Osceola County187
  5. Isabella County150
  6. Ottawa County61
  7. Lake County49
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)961

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Michigan. People, 2022–23.

  1. Kent County262
  2. Osceola County258
  3. Montcalm County167
  4. Newaygo County162
  5. Isabella County158
  6. Ottawa County60
  7. Lake County53
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)796

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 Clare County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Mecosta 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+4722–23††‡†
Net migration of Mecosta County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−132
2014–15 †−122
2015–16−116
2016–17 †−95
2017–18−30
2018–19 ‡−68
2019–20+71
2020–21+77
2021–22+137
2022–23 †+47

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 Mecosta County, Michigan?” movedwhere.com/county/mecosta-county-mi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.