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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 13,519 people in, 12,466 out. Most were moving between Michigan counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,053 people
+349 households
Arrivals' income
$71.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$64.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Ottawa 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, like Cook County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Kent County4,720
  2. Allegan County1,244
  3. Muskegon County1,227
  4. Oakland County222
  5. Cook County, IL198
  6. Kalamazoo County197
  7. Ingham County168
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,621

Where did people go?

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

  1. Kent County3,694
  2. Allegan County1,618
  3. Muskegon County1,568
  4. Newaygo County182
  5. Kalamazoo County162
  6. Oakland County157
  7. Cook County, IL147
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,376

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
85 people
Left for abroad
86 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Ottawa usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+34922–23††‡†
Net migration of Ottawa County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+42
2014–15 †+13
2015–16+132
2016–17 †+809
2017–18+282
2018–19 ‡+275
2019–20+400
2020–21+418
2021–22+475
2022–23 †+349

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