Who's moving to and from Polk County, Florida?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 56,660 people in, 38,452 out. Most were moving between Florida counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+18,208 people
+9,148 households
Arrivals' income
$56.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$53.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Polk County's newcomers came from in Florida

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Florida counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Queens County, NY, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Orange County7,567
  2. Osceola County6,746
  3. Hillsborough County5,992
  4. Miami-Dade County1,965
  5. Broward County1,625
  6. Lake County1,537
  7. Pasco County899
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)9,977

Where did people go?

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

  1. Orange County3,842
  2. Osceola County3,701
  3. Hillsborough County3,588
  4. Lake County1,569
  5. Pasco County889
  6. Seminole County574
  7. Highlands County574
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)11,176

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,001 people
Left for abroad
653 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Polk 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+9,14822–23††‡†
Net migration of Polk County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+2,746
2014–15 †+2,649
2015–16+5,230
2016–17 †+8,527
2017–18+6,143
2018–19 ‡+6,404
2019–20+8,125
2020–21+11,207
2021–22+12,213
2022–23 †+9,148

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 Polk County, Florida?” movedwhere.com/county/polk-county-fl. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.