Cities in Michigan by residents who moved from another county in the past year

East Lansing, MI had the highest residents who moved from another county in the past year of 90 cities in 2023, at 26.3%. Flat Rock, MI had the lowest, at 0.9%. The median was 4.4% and the figure for Michigan was 4.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest26.3East Lansing, MI
Lowest0.9Flat Rock, MI
Median4.490 cities
Michigan4.9History

Top 40 cities, 2023

East Lansing, MI: 26.3 %East Lansing, MI26.3Mount Pleasant, MI: 21.9 %Mount Pleasant, MI21.9Ann Arbor, MI: 16.5 %Ann Arbor, MI16.5Ionia, MI: 14.1 %Ionia, MI14.1Ypsilanti, MI: 13.7 %Ypsilanti, MI13.7Marquette, MI: 11.7 %Marquette, MI11.7Fenton, MI: 10.9 %Fenton, MI10.9Kalamazoo, MI: 10.5 %Kalamazoo, MI10.5Holland, MI: 9.8 %Holland, MI9.8Sault Ste. Marie, MI: 9.2 %Sault Ste. Marie, MI9.2Grosse Pointe Woods, MI: 8.3 %Grosse Pointe Woods, MI8.3Muskegon, MI: 8.3 %Muskegon, MI8.3Adrian, MI: 8.1 %Adrian, MI8.1Harper Woods, MI: 7.8 %Harper Woods, MI7.8Coldwater, MI: 7.5 %Coldwater, MI7.5Cadillac, MI: 7.5 %Cadillac, MI7.5Ferndale, MI: 7.3 %Ferndale, MI7.3Royal Oak, MI: 7.2 %Royal Oak, MI7.2Traverse City, MI: 7.2 %Traverse City, MI7.2Midland, MI: 7.2 %Midland, MI7.2Auburn Hills, MI: 7.1 %Auburn Hills, MI7.1Lansing, MI: 6.9 %Lansing, MI6.9Grand Rapids, MI: 6.9 %Grand Rapids, MI6.9Escanaba, MI: 6.3 %Escanaba, MI6.3Wixom, MI: 6.3 %Wixom, MI6.3Monroe, MI: 6.3 %Monroe, MI6.3South Lyon, MI: 6.2 %South Lyon, MI6.2Grandville, MI: 6 %Grandville, MI6East Grand Rapids, MI: 6 %East Grand Rapids, MI6Alpena, MI: 5.9 %Alpena, MI5.9Portage, MI: 5.6 %Portage, MI5.6Mount Clemens, MI: 5.5 %Mount Clemens, MI5.5Battle Creek, MI: 5.5 %Battle Creek, MI5.5Farmington, MI: 5.3 %Farmington, MI5.3Niles, MI: 5.2 %Niles, MI5.2Farmington Hills, MI: 5.2 %Farmington Hills, MI5.2Grand Haven, MI: 5.2 %Grand Haven, MI5.2Novi, MI: 4.9 %Novi, MI4.9Southfield, MI: 4.9 %Southfield, MI4.9Norton Shores, MI: 4.8 %Norton Shores, MI4.8East Lansing, MI: 26.3 %East Lansing, MI26.3Mount Pleasant, MI: 21.9 %Mount Pleasant, MI21.9Ann Arbor, MI: 16.5 %Ann Arbor, MI16.5Ionia, MI: 14.1 %Ionia, MI14.1Ypsilanti, MI: 13.7 %Ypsilanti, MI13.7Marquette, MI: 11.7 %Marquette, MI11.7Fenton, MI: 10.9 %Fenton, MI10.9Kalamazoo, MI: 10.5 %Kalamazoo, MI10.5Holland, MI: 9.8 %Holland, MI9.8Sault Ste. Marie, MI: 9.2 %Sault Ste. Marie, MI9.2Grosse Pointe Woods, MI: 8.3 %Grosse Pointe Woods, MI8.3Muskegon, MI: 8.3 %Muskegon, MI8.3Adrian, MI: 8.1 %Adrian, MI8.1Harper Woods, MI: 7.8 %Harper Woods, MI7.8Coldwater, MI: 7.5 %Coldwater, MI7.5Cadillac, MI: 7.5 %Cadillac, MI7.5Ferndale, MI: 7.3 %Ferndale, MI7.3Royal Oak, MI: 7.2 %Royal Oak, MI7.2Traverse City, MI: 7.2 %Traverse City, MI7.2Midland, MI: 7.2 %Midland, MI7.2Auburn Hills, MI: 7.1 %Auburn Hills, MI7.1Lansing, MI: 6.9 %Lansing, MI6.9Grand Rapids, MI: 6.9 %Grand Rapids, MI6.9Escanaba, MI: 6.3 %Escanaba, MI6.3Wixom, MI: 6.3 %Wixom, MI6.3Monroe, MI: 6.3 %Monroe, MI6.3South Lyon, MI: 6.2 %South Lyon, MI6.2Grandville, MI: 6 %Grandville, MI6East Grand Rapids, MI: 6 %East Grand Rapids, MI6Alpena, MI: 5.9 %Alpena, MI5.9Portage, MI: 5.6 %Portage, MI5.6Mount Clemens, MI: 5.5 %Mount Clemens, MI5.5Battle Creek, MI: 5.5 %Battle Creek, MI5.5Farmington, MI: 5.3 %Farmington, MI5.3Niles, MI: 5.2 %Niles, MI5.2Farmington Hills, MI: 5.2 %Farmington Hills, MI5.2Grand Haven, MI: 5.2 %Grand Haven, MI5.2Novi, MI: 4.9 %Novi, MI4.9Southfield, MI: 4.9 %Southfield, MI4.9Norton Shores, MI: 4.8 %Norton Shores, MI4.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1East Lansing, MI26.3+2.2 pts
2Mount Pleasant, MI21.9+0.5 pts
3Ann Arbor, MI16.5+0.2 pts
4Ionia, MI14.1+4.3 pts
5Ypsilanti, MI13.7-0.4 pts
6Marquette, MI11.7-0.8 pts
7Fenton, MI10.9+1 pts
8Kalamazoo, MI10.5-0.8 pts
9Holland, MI9.8-0.4 pts
10Sault Ste. Marie, MI9.2+0.7 pts
11Grosse Pointe Woods, MI8.3+0.1 pts
12Muskegon, MI8.3+0.5 pts
13Adrian, MI8.1+0.1 pts
14Harper Woods, MI7.8-1.3 pts
15Coldwater, MI7.5-0.3 pts
16Cadillac, MI7.5-0.6 pts
17Ferndale, MI7.3+0.2 pts
18Royal Oak, MI7.2-0.1 pts
19Traverse City, MI7.2-0.5 pts
20Midland, MI7.2-0.4 pts
21Auburn Hills, MI7.1-1.1 pts
22Lansing, MI6.9-0.4 pts
23Grand Rapids, MI6.9-0.4 pts
24Escanaba, MI6.3+1 pts
24Wixom, MI6.3-1.2 pts
26Monroe, MI6.3+0.9 pts
27South Lyon, MI6.2+0.4 pts
28Grandville, MI6+1.2 pts
29East Grand Rapids, MI6+0.6 pts
30Alpena, MI5.9-0.2 pts
31Portage, MI5.6-0 pts
32Mount Clemens, MI5.5+0.8 pts
33Battle Creek, MI5.5+0.2 pts
34Farmington, MI5.3-1 pts
35Niles, MI5.2-0.3 pts
36Farmington Hills, MI5.2+0.4 pts
37Grand Haven, MI5.2+0.5 pts
38Novi, MI4.9-0.2 pts
39Southfield, MI4.9+0.3 pts
40Norton Shores, MI4.8-0.6 pts
41Wyoming, MI4.7-0.1 pts
42St. Clair Shores, MI4.7+0.1 pts
43Warren, MI4.6-0.1 pts
44Birmingham, MI4.5+0.1 pts
45Pontiac, MI4.4+0.4 pts
46Clawson, MI4.4-0.7 pts
47Bay City, MI4.3-0.1 pts
48Jackson, MI4.3+0.8 pts
48Sturgis, MI4.3-0.2 pts
50Rochester Hills, MI4.3-0.2 pts
51Saginaw, MI4-0.2 pts
52Kentwood, MI4-0.1 pts
53Owosso, MI3.9-0.3 pts
54Grosse Pointe Park, MI3.9-0.2 pts
55Hazel Park, MI3.7-0.9 pts
55Oak Park, MI3.70 pts
57Madison Heights, MI3.7+0.4 pts
57Port Huron, MI3.7-1.3 pts
59Troy, MI3.7-0.1 pts
60Berkley, MI3.6+0.2 pts
61Livonia, MI3.5-0.1 pts
62Flint, MI3.5+0.2 pts
63Walker, MI3.40 pts
64Westland, MI3.3+0.1 pts
65Eastpointe, MI3.2+0.1 pts
66Inkster, MI3.2-1.1 pts
67Rochester, MI3.1+0.2 pts
68Detroit, MI2.9-0 pts
68Sterling Heights, MI2.9+0.1 pts
70Trenton, MI2.6+0.3 pts
71Melvindale, MI2.5+1 pts
72Burton, MI2.5-0.3 pts
73Roseville, MI2.4-0.5 pts
74Fraser, MI2.3+0.2 pts
75Woodhaven, MI2.3+1 pts
76Wayne, MI2.2-0.9 pts
77Taylor, MI2.1-0.1 pts
78New Baltimore, MI2.1+0.8 pts
78Riverview, MI2.10 pts
80Dearborn, MI2-0.4 pts
81Lincoln Park, MI1.9+0.1 pts
82Allen Park, MI1.8+0.4 pts
83Romulus, MI1.8+0.4 pts
84Southgate, MI1.7-0.3 pts
85Beverly Hills, MI1.5-0.5 pts
86Wyandotte, MI1.5+0.1 pts
87Garden City, MI1.4-0.1 pts
88Hamtramck, MI1.20 pts
89Dearborn Heights, MI1.1-0 pts
90Flat Rock, MI0.9-0.2 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US county one year earlier, in the same state or another state, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts people who arrived, not net migration: people who left are not subtracted. Moves from abroad are left out. Includes moves from other states, which moved_from_other_state_share shows alone.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Michigan by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Michigan by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/michigan-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Michigan by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/michigan-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Michigan by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/michigan-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Michigan by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/michigan-cities?period=2023. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest residents who moved from another county in the past year?

East Lansing, MI, with 26.3% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Flat Rock, MI, with 0.9% in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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