Who's moving to and from Otero County, Colorado?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 768 people in, 776 out. Most were moving between Colorado counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−8 people
−29 households
Arrivals' income
$40.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$41.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Otero County went in Colorado

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Pueblo County147
  2. El Paso County63
  3. Crowley County61
  4. Bent County41
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)456

Where did people go?

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

  1. Pueblo County154
  2. El Paso County66
  3. Bent County51
  4. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)505

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 Crowley County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Otero usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2922–23††‡†
Net migration of Otero County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−22
2014–15 †−15
2015–16+22
2016–17 †+46
2017–18−31
2018–19 ‡+15
2019–20+3
2020–21+15
2021–22+9
2022–23 †−29

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 Otero County, Colorado?” movedwhere.com/county/otero-county-co. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.