Who's moving to and from Mercer County, Ohio?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,037 people in, 1,218 out. Most were moving between Ohio counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−181 people
−137 households
Arrivals' income
$57.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$53.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Mercer County went in Ohio

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Ohio counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Jay County, IN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Ohio. People, 2022–23.

  1. Auglaize County240
  2. Darke County76
  3. Van Wert County71
  4. Jay County, IN45
  5. Franklin County43
  6. Allen County40
  7. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)522

Where did people go?

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

  1. Auglaize County275
  2. Van Wert County96
  3. Darke County73
  4. Allen County66
  5. Franklin County56
  6. Hamilton County26
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)626

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 Hamilton County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Mercer usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−13722–23††‡†
Net migration of Mercer County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−3
2014–15 †−82
2015–16−56
2016–17 †+27
2017–18−12
2018–19 ‡−83
2019–20−88
2020–21−58
2021–22−160
2022–23 †−137

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 Mercer County, Ohio?” movedwhere.com/county/mercer-county-oh. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.