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

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 20,008 people in, 20,087 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−79 people
+481 households
Arrivals' income
$65.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$68.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Polk 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, like Cook County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Dallas County3,341
  2. Story County1,203
  3. Warren County1,001
  4. Jasper County535
  5. Linn County380
  6. Johnson County348
  7. Black Hawk County348
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,938

Where did people go?

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

  1. Dallas County4,241
  2. Warren County1,629
  3. Story County965
  4. Jasper County562
  5. Johnson County297
  6. Cook County, IL287
  7. Marion County283
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,976

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
109 people
Left for abroad
131 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Polk usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+48122–23††‡†
Net migration of Polk County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,167
2014–15 †+922
2015–16+1,491
2016–17 †+1,010
2017–18+951
2018–19 ‡+15
2019–20+328
2020–21+2,310
2021–22−1,126
2022–23 †+481

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, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/polk-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.