Cities in Illinois by residents who moved from another state in the past year

North Chicago, IL had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 224 cities in 2021, at 24.7%. Lyons, IL had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 1.1% and the figure for Illinois was 1.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest24.7North Chicago, IL

Lowest0Lyons, IL

Median1.1224 cities

Illinois1.6History

Top 40 cities, 2021

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2021 (%)
1	North Chicago, IL	24.7
2	Carbondale, IL	7.2
3	Fairview Heights, IL	5.6
4	Shiloh, IL	5.4
5	Collinsville, IL	5.1
6	Evanston, IL	5.1
7	O'Fallon, IL	4.5
8	Campton Hills, IL	4.5
9	River Forest, IL	4.2
10	Edwardsville, IL	4.2
11	Urbana, IL	4.1
12	Charleston, IL	4.1
13	Deerfield, IL	3.8
14	Macomb, IL	3.7
15	Mahomet, IL	3.4
16	Champaign, IL	3.2
16	Lisle, IL	3.2
18	Dolton, IL	3.2
19	Grayslake, IL	3.1
20	Belleville, IL	3.1
21	Lindenhurst, IL	3.1
22	Effingham, IL	3
23	Swansea, IL	3
24	Troy, IL	2.9
25	Godfrey, IL	2.9
25	Lake Forest, IL	2.9
27	Homewood, IL	2.7
28	Forest Park, IL	2.7
28	Libertyville, IL	2.7
30	Riverdale, IL	2.6
31	Quincy, IL	2.6
32	Loves Park, IL	2.6
33	Round Lake, IL	2.6
34	Wheaton, IL	2.6
35	Highland Park, IL	2.5
36	Alton, IL	2.5
37	Woodstock, IL	2.5
38	Gurnee, IL	2.5
39	East Peoria, IL	2.4
40	Morton, IL	2.4
41	Vernon Hills, IL	2.2
42	Glen Ellyn, IL	2.2
43	Roscoe, IL	2.1
44	Rock Island, IL	2.1
45	Oak Park, IL	2.1
46	Chicago, IL	2.1
47	East St. Louis, IL	2.1
48	Moline, IL	2.1
49	Naperville, IL	2.1
50	Decatur, IL	2
50	St. Charles, IL	2
52	Winnetka, IL	2
53	Waukegan, IL	2
54	Bourbonnais, IL	2
55	Minooka, IL	2
56	Jacksonville, IL	2
56	Zion, IL	2
58	Lincoln, IL	1.9
58	Westmont, IL	1.9
60	Rantoul, IL	1.9
60	Wood River, IL	1.9
62	DeKalb, IL	1.9
63	Calumet City, IL	1.9
63	Glendale Heights, IL	1.9
65	Peoria, IL	1.9
66	Columbia, IL	1.8
66	Palatine, IL	1.8
68	Schaumburg, IL	1.8
69	Buffalo Grove, IL	1.8
70	Pekin, IL	1.8
71	East Moline, IL	1.8
72	La Grange Park, IL	1.7
73	Mundelein, IL	1.7
74	Glenview, IL	1.7
75	Crestwood, IL	1.7
75	McHenry, IL	1.7
77	Bloomingdale, IL	1.6
78	Lombard, IL	1.6
78	Mattoon, IL	1.6
80	Rockford, IL	1.6
81	Normal, IL	1.6
82	Lake Zurich, IL	1.6
83	Springfield, IL	1.5
84	Canton, IL	1.4
85	Galesburg, IL	1.4
85	Lake in the Hills, IL	1.4
87	Channahon, IL	1.4
88	Aurora, IL	1.4
89	Elmhurst, IL	1.4
90	Wheeling, IL	1.3
91	Arlington Heights, IL	1.3
91	Hinsdale, IL	1.3
93	Barrington, IL	1.3
94	Mount Vernon, IL	1.3
95	Bloomington, IL	1.2
96	Palos Heights, IL	1.2
96	Prospect Heights, IL	1.2
96	Taylorville, IL	1.2
99	Rolling Meadows, IL	1.2
99	Sterling, IL	1.2
99	Streator, IL	1.2
102	Crystal Lake, IL	1.2
102	La Grange, IL	1.2
104	Wilmette, IL	1.2
105	Addison, IL	1.2
106	Carol Stream, IL	1.2
107	Northbrook, IL	1.2
108	Winfield, IL	1.2
109	Montgomery, IL	1.1
110	Waterloo, IL	1.1
111	Alsip, IL	1.1
112	Downers Grove, IL	1.1
112	Matteson, IL	1.1
114	Harvey, IL	1.1
115	Woodridge, IL	1.1
116	North Aurora, IL	1
117	Hanover Park, IL	1
117	Plainfield, IL	1
119	Fox Lake, IL	1
119	Frankfort, IL	1
121	Marion, IL	1
121	Oak Forest, IL	1
121	Villa Park, IL	1
124	Bensenville, IL	1
125	Westchester, IL	1
126	Beach Park, IL	1
127	Herrin, IL	0.9
127	Highland, IL	0.9
129	Danville, IL	0.9
129	Elmwood Park, IL	0.9
131	Ottawa, IL	0.9
132	Mount Prospect, IL	0.9
133	Northlake, IL	0.9
134	Centralia, IL	0.9
134	Geneva, IL	0.9
136	Orland Park, IL	0.9
137	Chatham, IL	0.9
138	Brookfield, IL	0.8
139	Granite City, IL	0.8
139	Skokie, IL	0.8
141	Lockport, IL	0.8
142	Park Ridge, IL	0.8
143	Batavia, IL	0.8
144	Joliet, IL	0.8
145	Elgin, IL	0.8
146	Lincolnwood, IL	0.8
147	Dixon, IL	0.7
148	Antioch, IL	0.7
148	Mokena, IL	0.7
148	Palos Hills, IL	0.7
148	Tinley Park, IL	0.7
148	Wauconda, IL	0.7
148	Western Springs, IL	0.7
154	Richton Park, IL	0.7
155	Belvidere, IL	0.7
155	Romeoville, IL	0.7
157	Crest Hill, IL	0.6
157	Hoffman Estates, IL	0.6
157	Plano, IL	0.6
160	Bolingbrook, IL	0.6
160	Burr Ridge, IL	0.6
162	Algonquin, IL	0.6
162	Bartlett, IL	0.6
162	Des Plaines, IL	0.6
165	Burbank, IL	0.6
166	Huntley, IL	0.6
166	Round Lake Beach, IL	0.6
168	Freeport, IL	0.6
169	Manhattan, IL	0.6
169	Niles, IL	0.6
171	Glen Carbon, IL	0.5
172	West Chicago, IL	0.5
173	Pontiac, IL	0.5
174	Maywood, IL	0.5
174	Worth, IL	0.5
176	Carpentersville, IL	0.5
176	Darien, IL	0.5
176	Shorewood, IL	0.5
176	Streamwood, IL	0.5
176	Sycamore, IL	0.5
181	Elk Grove Village, IL	0.5
181	South Holland, IL	0.5
183	Hazel Crest, IL	0.4
183	Yorkville, IL	0.4
185	Wood Dale, IL	0.4
186	Cary, IL	0.4
187	Berwyn, IL	0.4
187	Kankakee, IL	0.4
189	New Lenox, IL	0.4
190	Hickory Hills, IL	0.4
190	Summit, IL	0.4
192	Bradley, IL	0.4
192	Lansing, IL	0.4
194	Evergreen Park, IL	0.3
195	Bellwood, IL	0.3
195	Blue Island, IL	0.3
195	Cicero, IL	0.3
195	Homer Glen, IL	0.3
199	Kewanee, IL	0.3
200	Midlothian, IL	0.3
200	Morton Grove, IL	0.3
200	Oak Lawn, IL	0.3
200	Roselle, IL	0.3
204	Washington, IL	0.3
205	Chicago Heights, IL	0.3
205	Machesney Park, IL	0.3
207	Schiller Park, IL	0.3
208	Chicago Ridge, IL	0.2
208	Franklin Park, IL	0.2
210	Oswego, IL	0.2
211	Justice, IL	0.2
211	Morris, IL	0.2
211	Park Forest, IL	0.2
214	River Grove, IL	0.2
214	South Elgin, IL	0.2
216	Pingree Grove, IL	0.2
217	Lemont, IL	0.1
217	Norridge, IL	0.1
219	Markham, IL	0.1
220	Bridgeview, IL	0.1
221	Warrenville, IL	0.1
222	Melrose Park, IL	0
223	Country Club Hills, IL	0
223	Lyons, IL	0

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About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, 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. For the nation it is everyone who changed state.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 state 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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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 state 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 Illinois by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state 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 Illinois by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/illinois-cities?period=2021. 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 state 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 Illinois by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/illinois-cities?period=2021.

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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 state 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 Illinois by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/illinois-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_cities_in_illinois_by_2021,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state 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 Illinois by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/illinois-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state 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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which city has the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

North Chicago, IL, with 24.7% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Lyons, IL, with 0% in 2021.

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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 state 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. 1 cities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.