Alaska vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Virginia. In 2022–23, 61 more people moved from Alaska to Virginia than the other way.

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Virginia → Alaska823 people

Arrivals' income: $63.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Alaska → Virginia884 people

Leavers' income: $76.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

1,707 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. In 2022–23, more moved to Alaska.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Alaska and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−46
2014–15 †	+15
2015–16	+7
2016–17 †	−86
2017–18	−41
2018–19	−30
2019–20	−22
2020–21	+16
2021–22	−21
2022–23 †	+41

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2022–23 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

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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Virginia

Net change, all states: −42
Moved in · moved out: 230,220 · 230,262
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.3k · $89.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Virginia 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	848	1,002	−154	388	434	$54.4k	$57.6k
2014–15 †	557	535	+22	288	273	$52.3k	$57.1k
2015–16	898	925	−27	407	400	$56.8k	$56.7k
2016–17 †	1,228	1,449	−221	528	614	$60.0k	$63.2k
2017–18	809	921	−112	383	424	$65.7k	$63.4k
2018–19	744	889	−145	364	394	$61.8k	$67.6k
2019–20	851	954	−103	409	431	$64.1k	$69.2k
2020–21	809	890	−81	410	394	$59.6k	$65.2k
2021–22	754	954	−200	394	415	$75.8k	$80.7k
2022–23 †	823	884	−61	466	425	$63.7k	$76.2k

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

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