Delaware vs New York: which way are people moving?

Name: Delaware vs New York: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Delaware. In 2022–23, 1,793 more people moved from New York to Delaware than the other way.

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New York → Delaware3,139 people

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

Delaware → New York1,346 people

Leavers' income: $70.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,485 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 York every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Delaware and New York (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+302
2014–15 †	+323
2015–16	+518
2016–17 †	+864
2017–18	+636
2018–19	+709
2019–20	+1,179
2020–21	+1,207
2021–22	+1,174
2022–23 †	+960

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 York

Net change, all states: −157,970
Moved in · moved out: 268,427 · 426,397
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $94.2k · $106.0k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between New York 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	1,807	1,135	+672	1,000	698	$69.8k	$54.7k
2014–15 †	1,596	849	+747	875	552	$72.9k	$88.4k
2015–16	2,106	971	+1,135	1,166	648	$73.6k	$56.5k
2016–17 †	3,135	1,390	+1,745	1,712	848	$69.7k	$98.5k
2017–18	2,444	1,153	+1,291	1,354	718	$73.8k	$79.2k
2018–19	2,545	1,068	+1,477	1,412	703	$79.2k	$54.5k
2019–20	3,206	994	+2,212	1,795	616	$94.0k	$64.0k
2020–21	3,378	1,089	+2,289	1,933	726	$91.7k	$84.2k
2021–22	3,439	1,220	+2,219	1,974	800	$94.7k	$82.3k
2022–23 †	3,139	1,346	+1,793	1,874	914	$88.8k	$70.9k

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

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