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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 5,434 people in, 5,241 out. Most were moving between Wisconsin counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+193 people
−74 households
Arrivals' income
$75.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$72.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Washington 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 Cook County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in Wisconsin. People, 2022–23.

  1. Milwaukee County1,300
  2. Waukesha County1,149
  3. Ozaukee County514
  4. Dodge County308
  5. Fond du Lac County178
  6. Sheboygan County126
  7. Dane County108
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,412

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Wisconsin. People, 2022–23.

  1. Waukesha County919
  2. Milwaukee County823
  3. Ozaukee County510
  4. Dodge County353
  5. Fond du Lac County256
  6. Sheboygan County190
  7. Dane County121
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,698

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
37 people
Net moves with Racine County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Washington usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−7422–23††‡†
Net migration of Washington County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+73
2014–15 †+56
2015–16+71
2016–17 †+524
2017–18+233
2018–19 ‡+139
2019–20+302
2020–21+436
2021–22+296
2022–23 †−74

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