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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,880 people in, 1,780 out. Most were moving between Ohio counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+100 people
−9 households
Arrivals' income
$75.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$59.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Ottawa County's newcomers came from in Ohio

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Lucas County319
  2. Wood County239
  3. Sandusky County191
  4. Erie County109
  5. Cuyahoga County104
  6. Lorain County65
  7. Franklin County47
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)734

Where did people go?

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

  1. Sandusky County256
  2. Lucas County241
  3. Wood County227
  4. Erie County167
  5. Cuyahoga County66
  6. Lorain County56
  7. Franklin County38
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)698

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
Net moves with Seneca County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Ottawa usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−922–23††‡†
Net migration of Ottawa County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+2
2014–15 †−142
2015–16+77
2016–17 †+225
2017–18+178
2018–19 ‡−37
2019–20+58
2020–21+60
2021–22+106
2022–23 †−9

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