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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,477 people in, 1,501 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−24 people
−27 households
Arrivals' income
$40.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$48.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Wapello 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 Washington County, AR, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in Iowa. People, 2022–23.

  1. Mahaska County113
  2. Jefferson County88
  3. Davis County85
  4. Polk County55
  5. Monroe County54
  6. Washington County, AR52
  7. Keokuk County44
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)986

Where did people go?

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

  1. Polk County145
  2. Mahaska County107
  3. Keokuk County63
  4. Jefferson County55
  5. Davis County53
  6. Monroe County53
  7. Marion County47
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)941

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 Marion County
withheld
Net moves with Linn County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Wapello usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2722–23††‡†
Net migration of Wapello County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−114
2014–15 †+52
2015–16−188
2016–17 †−243
2017–18−81
2018–19 ‡−131
2019–20−132
2020–21−47
2021–22−202
2022–23 †−27

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