Colorado vs Iowa: which way are people moving?

Name: Colorado vs Iowa: which way are people moving?
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Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 76 more people moved from Iowa to Colorado than the other way.

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Iowa → Colorado2,210 people

Arrivals' income: $66.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Iowa2,134 people

Leavers' income: $67.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,344 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Iowa (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+519
2014–15 †	+473
2015–16	+553
2016–17 †	+484
2017–18	+402
2018–19	+341
2019–20	+230
2020–21	+128
2021–22	+163
2022–23 †	+158

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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Iowa

Net change, all states: −1,467
Moved in · moved out: 57,011 · 58,478
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $61.6k · $64.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Iowa 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	2,366	1,703	+663	1,427	908	$44.6k	$50.1k
2014–15 †	1,695	1,125	+570	1,092	619	$49.5k	$41.1k
2015–16	2,514	1,843	+671	1,540	987	$49.0k	$38.8k
2016–17 †	3,333	2,964	+369	2,061	1,577	$52.2k	$51.2k
2017–18	2,557	2,151	+406	1,577	1,175	$60.6k	$56.6k
2018–19	2,239	1,922	+317	1,447	1,106	$58.5k	$51.0k
2019–20	2,367	2,168	+199	1,475	1,245	$64.9k	$59.2k
2020–21	2,278	2,430	−152	1,542	1,414	$57.9k	$57.4k
2021–22	2,321	2,422	−101	1,605	1,442	$73.2k	$67.8k
2022–23 †	2,210	2,134	+76	1,504	1,346	$66.6k	$67.2k

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

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