Des Moines Iowa Migration Patterns

Des Moines Foot Traffic

This shows the citywide foot traffic in Des Moines for the last few years.

Des Moines foot traffic

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Des Moines Work From Home Trend

This chart shows the number of people that are working from home, using mobility data to determine their home and work location. The trend in most places has been that more people are working from home during the pandemic.

Des Moines work from home

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The charts below graph the inbound, outbound and net migration to the city of Des Moines Iowa for each year of data available. Data displayed on the charts is annually aggregated; the REPerspectives product allows analysis of mobility trends with monthly granularity by State, Zip, County and Census Block Group.
Additional reports are available for the city residents, employees and tourists.

Des Moines Iowa Migration In

The map below shows the migration into Des Moines by Census Block Group (CBG).

Des Moines migration in

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Des Moines Iowa Net Migration

Des Moines saw a net positive (inbound) resident count flow. There were -220 residents moved out of the state.

Des Moines migration net

Des Moines Iowa Migration Out

People migrating out from Des Moines color coded by Census Block Group (CBG).

Des Moines migration out

Des Moines Iowa Residential Migration Counts

This chart shows the number of residents that moved to Des Moines.

Des Moines migration counts chart

States migrated to and from

The state that most migrants moved from (origin state, excluding Iowa itself) to Des Moines Iowa was Florida. The state that most migrants moved out (destination state, excluding Iowa itself) from Des Moines Iowa was Illinois.

Des Moines states migration 2018
Des Moines states migration 2019
Des Moines states migration 2020

ADVAN measures the inbound, outbound and net migration to the city of Des Moines Iowa for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Data displayed on the charts above are annually aggregated but using our product REPerspectives, it can be analyzed with monthly granularity by State, Zip, County and Census Block Group. Additional reports are available for the city residents, employees and tourists.

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