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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 3,788 people in, 4,161 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−373 people
−218 households
Arrivals' income
$48.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$55.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Woodbury County went in Iowa

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Dakota County, NE523
  2. Plymouth County288
  3. Union County, SD222
  4. Monona County119
  5. Douglas County, NE103
  6. Minnehaha County, SD90
  7. Polk County72
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,900

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Dakota County, NE434
  2. Plymouth County338
  3. Union County, SD301
  4. Douglas County, NE151
  5. Polk County149
  6. Minnehaha County, SD145
  7. Monona County119
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,006

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
Net moves with Buena Vista County
withheld
Net moves with Crawford County
withheld
Net moves with Story County
withheld
Net moves with Dallas County
withheld
Net moves with Ida County
withheld
Net moves with Johnson County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Woodbury usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2018–19.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−21822–23††‡†
Net migration of Woodbury County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−336
2014–15 †−224
2015–16−211
2016–17 †−533
2017–18+47
2018–19 ‡−76
2019–20−370
2020–21−360
2021–22−357
2022–23 †−218

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 Woodbury County, Iowa?” movedwhere.com/county/woodbury-county-ia. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.