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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 2,818 people in, 2,651 out. Most were moving between Wisconsin counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+167 people
+53 households
Arrivals' income
$58.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$53.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Portage 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 Hennepin County, MN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Wisconsin. People, 2022–23.

  1. Wood County425
  2. Marathon County291
  3. Waupaca County172
  4. Dane County125
  5. Waushara County80
  6. Outagamie County69
  7. Milwaukee County66
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,319

Where did people go?

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

  1. Wood County455
  2. Marathon County247
  3. Waupaca County140
  4. Dane County130
  5. Milwaukee County76
  6. Outagamie County75
  7. Waushara County71
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,108

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 La Crosse County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Portage 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+5322–23††‡†
Net migration of Portage County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−136
2014–15 †−206
2015–16−249
2016–17 †−237
2017–18−58
2018–19 ‡−229
2019–20−122
2020–21−121
2021–22−14
2022–23 †+53

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 Portage County, Wisconsin?” movedwhere.com/county/portage-county-wi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.