District of Columbia vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

Name: District of Columbia vs Virginia: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Virginia. In 2022–23, 2,791 more people moved from District of Columbia to Virginia than the other way.

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Virginia → District of Columbia6,216 people

Arrivals' income: $103.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

District of Columbia → Virginia9,007 people

Leavers' income: $134.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

15,223 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. District of Columbia came out ahead every year until 2018–19. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Virginia.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between District of Columbia and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+744
2014–15 †	+598
2015–16	+1,096
2016–17 †	+459
2017–18	+495
2018–19	+465
2019–20	−1,140
2020–21	−1,906
2021–22	−1,158
2022–23 †	−1,372

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

District of Columbia

Net change, all states: −2,568
Moved in · moved out: 41,301 · 43,869
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $86.0k · $117.2k

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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 District of Columbia, 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	7,610	7,486	+124	5,783	5,039	$72.1k	$93.2k
2014–15 †	5,536	5,634	−98	4,312	3,714	$74.9k	$91.9k
2015–16	7,928	7,713	+215	6,364	5,268	$72.0k	$95.7k
2016–17 †	9,781	10,741	−960	7,766	7,307	$86.3k	$101.3k
2017–18	7,809	8,331	−522	6,231	5,736	$85.4k	$100.2k
2018–19	7,584	7,869	−285	6,079	5,614	$89.9k	$111.2k
2019–20	7,301	10,061	−2,760	5,802	6,942	$92.7k	$120.0k
2020–21	6,376	9,796	−3,420	5,155	7,061	$104.0k	$122.6k
2021–22	6,399	9,136	−2,737	5,323	6,481	$100.4k	$137.1k
2022–23 †	6,216	9,007	−2,791	5,130	6,502	$103.2k	$134.2k

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

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