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Benton County, IA

County-to-county migration · IRS SOI · filing years 2022-2023

Net migration: -41 tax returns · +2 people · $-3,041,000 AGI

Inflow: 621 returns · 1,084 people · $35,169,000 AGI
Outflow: 662 returns · 1,082 people · $38,210,000 AGI

Top origins (where new residents came from)

County	Returns	AGI
Linn County, IA	302	$18,030,000
Iowa County, IA	35	$1,922,000
Johnson County, IA	34	$1,972,000
Black Hawk County, IA	33	$1,432,000

Top destinations (where leavers went)

County	Returns	AGI
Linn County, IA	263	$15,036,000
Black Hawk County, IA	46	$2,556,000
Iowa County, IA	39	$1,911,000
Johnson County, IA	36	$1,681,000
Tama County, IA	29	$1,638,000
Buchanan County, IA	21	$1,171,000

IRS migration data tracks where tax filers lived in consecutive years. A "return" is roughly a household; "AGI" is the adjusted gross income that moved with them. Net migration = inflow − outflow. Small county-pair flows are suppressed by the IRS for privacy and shown blank.

Source: IRS SOI Migration Data. License: CC0 1.0.