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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 17,778 people in, 16,115 out. Most were moving between Wisconsin counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,663 people
+342 households
Arrivals' income
$86.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$90.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

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

  1. Milwaukee County7,631
  2. Washington County919
  3. Jefferson County557
  4. Racine County535
  5. Dane County487
  6. Walworth County433
  7. Cook County, IL333
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,083

Where did people go?

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

  1. Milwaukee County4,625
  2. Washington County1,149
  3. Jefferson County571
  4. Dane County521
  5. Racine County513
  6. Walworth County432
  7. Dodge County354
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,184

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
97 people
Left for abroad
154 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Waukesha usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+34222–23††‡†
Net migration of Waukesha County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−190
2014–15 †−775
2015–16+574
2016–17 †+1,433
2017–18+342
2018–19 ‡+408
2019–20+845
2020–21+1,034
2021–22+928
2022–23 †+342

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