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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,002 people in, 973 out. Most were moving between Iowa counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+29 people
−5 households
Arrivals' income
$62.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$50.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Washington County's newcomers came from in Iowa

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Iowa counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Johnson County279
  2. Linn County75
  3. Henry County68
  4. Keokuk County59
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)521

Where did people go?

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

  1. Johnson County193
  2. Linn County74
  3. Henry County64
  4. Keokuk County50
  5. Polk County38
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)554

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 Polk County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Washington usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−522–23††‡†
Net migration of Washington County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+25
2014–15 †+46
2015–16−49
2016–17 †+77
2017–18−30
2018–19 ‡−89
2019–20−56
2020–21−9
2021–22+22
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.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Washington County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/washington-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.