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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,954 people in, 1,911 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+43 people
+5 households
Arrivals' income
$76.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$60.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Polk County's newcomers came from in Wisconsin

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Wisconsin counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Washington County, MN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. St. Croix County349
  2. Barron County157
  3. Washington County, MN141
  4. Burnett County117
  5. Chisago County, MN114
  6. Ramsey County, MN106
  7. Hennepin County, MN102
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)663

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. St. Croix County332
  2. Barron County207
  3. Washington County, MN127
  4. Burnett County117
  5. Ramsey County, MN85
  6. Chisago County, MN84
  7. Hennepin County, MN68
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)688

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 to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Eau Claire County
withheld

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 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+522–23††‡†
Net migration of Polk County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+70
2014–15 †−86
2015–16+133
2016–17 †+252
2017–18+186
2018–19 ‡+160
2019–20+234
2020–21+241
2021–22+190
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 Polk County, Wisconsin?” movedwhere.com/county/polk-county-wi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.