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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 4,862 people in, 5,370 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−508 people
−427 households
Arrivals' income
$50.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$57.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Story 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. Polk County965
  2. Boone County298
  3. Hamilton County158
  4. Dallas County141
  5. Marshall County133
  6. Webster County88
  7. Linn County86
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,456

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Iowa. People, 2022–23.

  1. Polk County1,203
  2. Boone County282
  3. Dallas County154
  4. Hamilton County106
  5. Linn County104
  6. Marshall County101
  7. Maricopa County, AZ70
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,652

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
26 people
Left for abroad
65 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Story usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−42722–23††‡†
Net migration of Story County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−731
2014–15 †−160
2015–16−627
2016–17 †−1,446
2017–18−654
2018–19 ‡−671
2019–20−582
2020–21−696
2021–22−650
2022–23 †−427

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