Connecticut vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Virginia. In 2022–23, 746 more people moved from Connecticut to Virginia than the other way.

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Virginia → Connecticut1,772 people

Arrivals' income: $88.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Connecticut → Virginia2,518 people

Leavers' income: $88.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,290 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Virginia than to Connecticut every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Connecticut and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−315
2014–15 †	−282
2015–16	−399
2016–17 †	−737
2017–18	−471
2018–19	−475
2019–20	−438
2020–21	−547
2021–22	−507
2022–23 †	−486

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Connecticut

Net change, all states: −4,767
Moved in · moved out: 76,966 · 81,733
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $110.8k · $107.7k

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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 Connecticut, 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	1,976	2,378	−402	1,000	1,315	$77.1k	$68.8k
2014–15 †	1,230	1,716	−486	692	974	$65.6k	$90.1k
2015–16	1,962	2,590	−628	1,020	1,419	$85.0k	$81.2k
2016–17 †	2,583	3,828	−1,245	1,328	2,065	$87.2k	$85.5k
2017–18	1,907	2,828	−921	1,046	1,517	$74.1k	$80.4k
2018–19	1,716	2,548	−832	958	1,433	$74.6k	$110.1k
2019–20	2,086	2,784	−698	1,109	1,547	$81.5k	$107.9k
2020–21	1,631	2,711	−1,080	950	1,497	$87.1k	$93.3k
2021–22	1,730	2,566	−836	1,017	1,524	$111.6k	$103.3k
2022–23 †	1,772	2,518	−746	1,055	1,541	$88.8k	$88.0k

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

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