Colorado vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 554 more people moved from Virginia to Colorado than the other way.

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Virginia → Colorado5,190 people

Arrivals' income: $89.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Virginia4,636 people

Leavers' income: $87.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

9,826 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 Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+652
2014–15 †	+685
2015–16	+961
2016–17 †	+1,242
2017–18	+836
2018–19	+855
2019–20	+741
2020–21	+640
2021–22	+499
2022–23 †	+649

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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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 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	4,770	3,759	+1,011	2,477	1,825	$80.1k	$64.5k
2014–15 †	3,079	2,113	+966	1,821	1,136	$66.8k	$63.2k
2015–16	5,155	3,604	+1,551	2,801	1,840	$76.2k	$69.1k
2016–17 †	7,984	6,162	+1,822	4,123	2,881	$87.1k	$72.1k
2017–18	5,468	4,237	+1,231	2,999	2,163	$96.0k	$71.5k
2018–19	5,439	4,170	+1,269	3,029	2,174	$88.7k	$75.4k
2019–20	5,891	4,698	+1,193	3,148	2,407	$91.2k	$72.2k
2020–21	5,554	4,648	+906	3,123	2,483	$98.7k	$84.4k
2021–22	5,256	4,780	+476	3,191	2,692	$105.1k	$96.9k
2022–23 †	5,190	4,636	+554	3,276	2,627	$89.3k	$87.5k

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