Colorado vs Idaho: which way are people moving?

Name: Colorado vs Idaho: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Idaho. In 2022–23, 471 more people moved from Colorado to Idaho than the other way.

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Idaho → Colorado1,663 people

Arrivals' income: $67.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Idaho2,134 people

Leavers' income: $93.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,797 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Idaho than to Colorado every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Idaho (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−73
2014–15 †	−11
2015–16	−272
2016–17 †	−795
2017–18	−452
2018–19	−570
2019–20	−541
2020–21	−507
2021–22	−217
2022–23 †	−177

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

The two states overall

Colorado

Net change, all states: +7,288
Moved in · moved out: 187,420 · 180,132
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.5k · $84.5k

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Idaho

Net change, all states: +12,739
Moved in · moved out: 66,095 · 53,356
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $81.2k · $64.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Idaho and Colorado, 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	1,686	1,916	−230	836	909	$45.4k	$56.0k
2014–15 †	1,141	1,207	−66	620	631	$48.0k	$50.8k
2015–16	1,521	2,213	−692	783	1,055	$52.1k	$59.0k
2016–17 †	1,979	3,887	−1,908	1,019	1,814	$49.7k	$66.2k
2017–18	1,528	2,507	−979	814	1,266	$51.2k	$66.2k
2018–19	1,286	2,548	−1,262	728	1,298	$48.3k	$75.2k
2019–20	1,580	3,027	−1,447	874	1,415	$57.5k	$80.8k
2020–21	1,546	2,702	−1,156	906	1,413	$56.8k	$72.0k
2021–22	1,770	2,218	−448	1,012	1,229	$66.0k	$85.0k
2022–23 †	1,663	2,134	−471	1,011	1,188	$67.1k	$93.8k

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

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Moved Where. “Colorado vs Idaho: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/colorado-vs-idaho. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.