Colorado vs Wisconsin: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Colorado. In 2022–23, 136 more people moved from Wisconsin to Colorado than the other way.

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Wisconsin → Colorado2,869 people

Arrivals' income: $76.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Colorado → Wisconsin2,733 people

Leavers' income: $76.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

5,602 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 Wisconsin every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Colorado and Wisconsin (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+645
2014–15 †	+585
2015–16	+967
2016–17 †	+659
2017–18	+628
2018–19	+531
2019–20	+316
2020–21	+394
2021–22	+344
2022–23 †	+332

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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Wisconsin

Net change, all states: +2,753
Moved in · moved out: 89,800 · 87,047
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $72.4k · $74.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Wisconsin 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	2,748	1,916	+832	1,702	1,057	$53.0k	$53.3k
2014–15 †	1,882	1,094	+788	1,264	679	$60.5k	$78.1k
2015–16	3,285	2,075	+1,210	2,109	1,142	$56.7k	$58.7k
2016–17 †	4,088	3,504	+584	2,641	1,982	$61.3k	$59.3k
2017–18	3,089	2,454	+635	2,055	1,427	$63.0k	$63.7k
2018–19	2,899	2,358	+541	1,975	1,444	$65.9k	$58.8k
2019–20	3,108	2,969	+139	2,052	1,736	$67.6k	$64.5k
2020–21	3,043	2,760	+283	2,123	1,729	$67.2k	$72.7k
2021–22	2,993	3,063	−70	2,206	1,862	$71.5k	$77.0k
2022–23 †	2,869	2,733	+136	2,103	1,771	$76.4k	$76.3k

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

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