Alaska vs Oregon: which way are people moving?

Name: Alaska vs Oregon: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Oregon. In 2022–23, 233 more people moved from Alaska to Oregon than the other way.

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Oregon → Alaska967 people

Arrivals' income: $63.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alaska → Oregon1,200 people

Leavers' income: $69.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,167 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Oregon than to Alaska every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alaska and Oregon (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−330
2014–15 †	−194
2015–16	−384
2016–17 †	−532
2017–18	−363
2018–19	−185
2019–20	−150
2020–21	−45
2021–22	−77
2022–23 †	−148

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Alaska

Net change, all states: −4,149
Moved in · moved out: 25,599 · 29,748
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $63.3k · $70.9k

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Oregon

Net change, all states: −4,774
Moved in · moved out: 98,688 · 103,462
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $74.8k · $82.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Oregon and Alaska, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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	People			Households		Avg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–14	1,241	1,873	−632	720	1,050	$44.8k	$53.9k
2014–15 †	945	1,241	−296	567	761	$43.0k	$51.2k
2015–16	1,238	1,901	−663	686	1,070	$48.4k	$57.6k
2016–17 †	1,405	2,430	−1,025	796	1,328	$48.4k	$59.6k
2017–18	1,024	1,712	−688	600	963	$52.6k	$59.9k
2018–19	1,113	1,463	−350	640	825	$56.2k	$62.8k
2019–20	1,119	1,475	−356	646	796	$56.8k	$64.3k
2020–21	1,205	1,231	−26	678	723	$55.5k	$64.5k
2021–22	1,070	1,214	−144	634	711	$59.9k	$83.3k
2022–23 †	967	1,200	−233	607	755	$63.0k	$69.1k

† Processing-break years. Read changes across a † row with care.

Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “Alaska vs Oregon: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/alaska-vs-oregon. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.