Who's moving to and from Wells County, Indiana?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 1,304 people in, 1,236 out. Most were moving between Indiana counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+68 people
+41 households
Arrivals' income
$55.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$51.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Wells County's newcomers came from in Indiana

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Allen County427
  2. Adams County156
  3. Huntington County122
  4. Blackford County58
  5. Jay County39
  6. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)502

Where did people go?

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

  1. Allen County370
  2. Adams County123
  3. Huntington County120
  4. Blackford County72
  5. Grant County52
  6. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)499

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
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Grant County
withheld
Net moves with Jay County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Wells usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+4122–23††‡†
Net migration of Wells County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+45
2014–15 †−63
2015–16−17
2016–17 †+53
2017–18−3
2018–19 ‡−7
2019–20+12
2020–21+54
2021–22+131
2022–23 †+41

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 Wells County, Indiana?” movedwhere.com/county/wells-county-in. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.