Who's moving to Ohio

Where households are arriving from and leaving for, county by county — built on official federal tax-filer data, not marketing estimates.

549,706 households moved in or out · #9 busiest moving market in the U.S.

Arrived from other states

91,927

households, 2022-2023

Left for other states

99,755

households, 2022-2023

Moved within Ohio

177,761

households changed county, stayed in state

-7,828 net households — Arrivals from other states and departures to them are close in volume — departures edge ahead by 7,828 households. The pace has held steady over five years. Another 973 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years

Every move in or out of Ohio, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.

-9,677

18–19

-7,097

19–20

-6,075

20–21

-8,006

21–22

-8,384

22–23

Every county at a glance.
Gained households from other states
Lost households to other states
Circle size — households that moved in or out.
Columbus · Franklin County — the busiest moving market in Ohio.

Where Ohio is gaining from other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Warren Trumbull County +139

#2,019 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Youngstown Mahoning County +99

#2,537 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Ashtabula Ashtabula County +58

#1,931 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Beavercreek Greene County +43

#632 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Marysville Union County +38

#181 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Cambridge Guernsey County +36

#845 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Martins Ferry Belmont County +35

#2,499 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Cadiz Harrison County +31

#1,790 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Where Ohio is losing to other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Cleveland Cuyahoga County -1,356

Cincinnati Hamilton County -1,206

Columbus Franklin County -793

Akron Summit County -678

Toledo Lucas County -605

Mason Warren County -414

Delaware Delaware County -281

Brunswick Medina County -269

Which states Ohio trades households with

Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows ranked by total volume. The IRS publishes only each county's largest partner states, so smaller streams are left out and these totals run below the headline figures.

Florida -1,788

3,914 in

5,702 out

Kentucky -256

3,848 in

4,104 out

Michigan +178

3,004 in

2,826 out

Pennsylvania +459

2,779 in

2,320 out

Texas -1,287

1,756 in

3,043 out

California -235

2,227 in

2,462 out

Households arriving in Ohio from another state report $67,339 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $78,336. Departures out-earn arrivals — Ohio is losing its higher earners.

Arriving from another state$67,339

Leaving for another state$78,336

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City-level breakdowns

Every city page has its own migration section — who's arriving, from how far, and what kind of mover that calls for.

Columbus Cleveland Cincinnati Dayton Akron Hamilton Toledo Delaware Mason Canton Lorain Beavercreek

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The headline figures and county lists count moves that crossed a state line; the five-year chart counts every move, including from abroad. The data publishes annually with about a two-year lag, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 28% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 88 of Ohio's counties have published data.