Delaware vs New Jersey: which way are people moving?

Name: Delaware vs New Jersey: which way are people moving?
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Toward Delaware. In 2022–23, 2,146 more people moved from New Jersey to Delaware than the other way.

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New Jersey → Delaware4,117 people

Arrivals' income: $101.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Delaware → New Jersey1,971 people

Leavers' income: $74.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

6,088 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Delaware than to New Jersey every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Delaware and New Jersey (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+686
2014–15 †	+456
2015–16	+957
2016–17 †	+1,447
2017–18	+1,097
2018–19	+1,089
2019–20	+1,238
2020–21	+1,313
2021–22	+1,339
2022–23 †	+1,193

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

The two states overall

Delaware

Net change, all states: +7,803
Moved in · moved out: 35,759 · 27,956
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $88.4k · $76.5k

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New Jersey

Net change, all states: −29,871
Moved in · moved out: 173,739 · 203,610
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $102.2k · $106.7k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between New Jersey and Delaware, 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	3,063	1,749	+1,314	1,686	1,000	$75.4k	$52.8k
2014–15 †	2,296	1,413	+883	1,288	832	$110.0k	$50.7k
2015–16	3,657	1,821	+1,836	2,007	1,050	$78.9k	$74.1k
2016–17 †	5,212	2,375	+2,837	2,834	1,387	$80.7k	$62.4k
2017–18	4,137	1,938	+2,199	2,250	1,153	$82.0k	$63.4k
2018–19	3,935	1,953	+1,982	2,213	1,124	$81.4k	$64.8k
2019–20	4,387	2,133	+2,254	2,462	1,224	$92.4k	$69.0k
2020–21	4,476	2,009	+2,467	2,545	1,232	$90.9k	$69.2k
2021–22	4,532	1,980	+2,552	2,586	1,247	$99.1k	$83.5k
2022–23 †	4,117	1,971	+2,146	2,434	1,241	$101.4k	$74.9k

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Moved Where. “Delaware vs New Jersey: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/delaware-vs-new-jersey. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.