Who's moving to and from Palo Alto County, Iowa?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 294 people in, 316 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−22 people
−5 households
Arrivals' income
$54.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$51.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Palo Alto 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 8 in 10 already lived in Iowa. People, 2022–23.

  1. Clay County56
  2. Emmet County47
  3. Kossuth County34
  4. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)157

Where did people go?

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

  1. Clay County37
  2. Kossuth County35
  3. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)244

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 from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the South
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Emmet County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Palo Alto usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−522–23††‡†
Net migration of Palo Alto County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−18
2014–15 †−6
2015–16−34
2016–17 †−20
2017–18−29
2018–19 ‡−21
2019–20+2
2020–21−16
2021–22−9
2022–23 †−5

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 Palo Alto County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/palo-alto-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.