Colorado vs Montana: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Montana. In 2022–23, 644 more people moved from Colorado to Montana than the other way.

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Montana → Colorado1,591 people

Arrivals' income: $65.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Montana2,235 people

Leavers' income: $93.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,826 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Montana (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−11
2014–15 †	−12
2015–16	−255
2016–17 †	−425
2017–18	−335
2018–19	−404
2019–20	−602
2020–21	−719
2021–22	−539
2022–23 †	−384

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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Montana

Net change, all states: +5,332
Moved in · moved out: 35,226 · 29,894
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.1k · $65.2k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Montana 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	1,546	1,698	−152	906	917	$48.5k	$52.8k
2014–15 †	1,042	1,168	−126	686	698	$46.7k	$42.9k
2015–16	1,493	2,072	−579	901	1,156	$47.3k	$62.6k
2016–17 †	2,042	2,919	−877	1,216	1,641	$52.4k	$64.2k
2017–18	1,564	2,163	−599	935	1,270	$52.1k	$66.2k
2018–19	1,396	2,306	−910	902	1,306	$52.6k	$77.4k
2019–20	1,619	2,902	−1,283	997	1,599	$55.0k	$94.6k
2020–21	1,413	2,755	−1,342	926	1,645	$64.1k	$85.9k
2021–22	1,584	2,497	−913	1,012	1,551	$74.5k	$99.9k
2022–23 †	1,591	2,235	−644	1,085	1,469	$65.9k	$93.5k

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

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