Who's moving to and from Wayne County, Michigan?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 46,876 people in, 55,392 out. Most were moving between Michigan counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−8,516 people
−4,463 households
Arrivals' income
$56.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$68.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Wayne County went in Michigan

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Michigan 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 Michigan. People, 2022–23.

  1. Oakland County11,689
  2. Macomb County7,525
  3. Washtenaw County4,411
  4. Monroe County1,541
  5. Livingston County619
  6. Genesee County514
  7. Ingham County504
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,307

Where did people go?

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

  1. Oakland County13,824
  2. Macomb County10,484
  3. Washtenaw County3,614
  4. Monroe County1,948
  5. Livingston County1,254
  6. Cook County, IL668
  7. Genesee County658
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)7,406

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
407 people
Left for abroad
505 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Wayne usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4,46322–23††‡†
Net migration of Wayne County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−7,296
2014–15 †−3,924
2015–16−4,958
2016–17 †−5,473
2017–18−4,194
2018–19 ‡−4,307
2019–20−4,464
2020–21−6,995
2021–22−7,078
2022–23 †−4,463

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 Wayne County, Michigan?” movedwhere.com/county/wayne-county-mi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.