Who's moving to and from O'Brien County, Iowa?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 582 people in, 667 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−85 people
−66 households
Arrivals' income
$54.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$59.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving O'Brien 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 7 in 10 already lived in Iowa. People, 2022–23.

  1. Sioux County108
  2. Osceola County67
  3. Clay County34
  4. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)373

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Iowa. People, 2022–23.

  1. Sioux County90
  2. Dickinson County45
  3. Clay County41
  4. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)491

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 from the South
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Osceola County
withheld
Net moves with Dickinson County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is O'Brien usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−6622–23††‡†
Net migration of O'Brien County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−83
2014–15 †+32
2015–16+28
2016–17 †−13
2017–18−39
2018–19 ‡−26
2019–20−44
2020–21+39
2021–22−34
2022–23 †−66

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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from O'Brien County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/obrien-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.