Delaware vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?

Name: Delaware vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?
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Toward Delaware. In 2022–23, 3,622 more people moved from Pennsylvania to Delaware than the other way.

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Pennsylvania → Delaware9,859 people

Arrivals' income: $86.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Delaware → Pennsylvania6,237 people

Leavers' income: $75.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Pennsylvania is Delaware's biggest moving partner in both directions: 16,096 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 Pennsylvania every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Delaware and Pennsylvania (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+737
2014–15 †	+650
2015–16	+1,096
2016–17 †	+1,770
2017–18	+1,477
2018–19	+1,362
2019–20	+1,748
2020–21	+2,581
2021–22	+2,565
2022–23 †	+1,859

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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Pennsylvania

Net change, all states: −14,880
Moved in · moved out: 199,298 · 214,178
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $76.4k · $85.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Pennsylvania 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	7,119	5,776	+1,343	3,891	3,154	$55.0k	$62.9k
2014–15 †	5,547	4,262	+1,285	3,051	2,401	$61.7k	$70.7k
2015–16	7,696	5,653	+2,043	4,232	3,136	$67.9k	$73.8k
2016–17 †	10,933	7,617	+3,316	5,992	4,222	$68.9k	$75.1k
2017–18	8,969	5,991	+2,978	4,921	3,444	$73.0k	$67.7k
2018–19	8,912	6,221	+2,691	4,948	3,586	$70.3k	$70.4k
2019–20	9,791	6,332	+3,459	5,382	3,634	$76.0k	$69.6k
2020–21	11,083	5,994	+5,089	6,204	3,623	$85.3k	$74.6k
2021–22	11,036	6,096	+4,940	6,256	3,691	$84.0k	$100.6k
2022–23 †	9,859	6,237	+3,622	5,744	3,885	$86.5k	$75.9k

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