Colorado vs Oregon: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Oregon. In 2022–23, 338 more people moved from Colorado to Oregon than the other way.

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Oregon → Colorado3,029 people

Arrivals' income: $79.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Oregon3,367 people

Leavers' income: $73.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

6,396 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 Colorado every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Oregon (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−319
2014–15 †	−278
2015–16	−729
2016–17 †	−742
2017–18	−347
2018–19	−424
2019–20	−430
2020–21	−136
2021–22	−270
2022–23 †	−235

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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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 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	2,521	3,046	−525	1,455	1,774	$49.3k	$51.4k
2014–15 †	1,682	2,142	−460	1,025	1,303	$62.5k	$51.5k
2015–16	2,405	3,699	−1,294	1,452	2,181	$53.8k	$56.0k
2016–17 †	3,721	4,865	−1,144	2,207	2,949	$55.1k	$58.3k
2017–18	2,908	3,444	−536	1,815	2,162	$57.6k	$56.7k
2018–19	2,756	3,377	−621	1,731	2,155	$81.7k	$69.2k
2019–20	3,027	3,724	−697	1,897	2,327	$65.6k	$62.7k
2020–21	3,150	3,437	−287	2,113	2,249	$60.9k	$67.2k
2021–22	3,115	3,605	−490	2,141	2,411	$78.8k	$85.1k
2022–23 †	3,029	3,367	−338	2,061	2,296	$79.7k	$73.9k

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

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