Florida vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Florida. In 2022–23, 4,267 more people moved from Virginia to Florida than the other way.

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Virginia → Florida25,540 people

Arrivals' income: $118.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Florida → Virginia21,273 people

Leavers' income: $81.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

46,813 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Florida and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+3,308
2014–15 †	+1,919
2015–16	+3,904
2016–17 †	+3,932
2017–18	+2,815
2018–19	+2,384
2019–20	+3,542
2020–21	+4,865
2021–22	+4,144
2022–23 †	+1,780

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

The two states overall

Florida

Net change, all states: +111,742
Moved in · moved out: 605,238 · 493,496
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $122.5k · $76.1k

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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.

Every year, in full

Moves between Virginia and Florida, 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	24,859	17,834	+7,025	12,498	9,190	$75.8k	$56.0k
2014–15 †	15,835	11,999	+3,836	8,567	6,648	$85.7k	$61.3k
2015–16	25,666	16,904	+8,762	12,929	9,025	$93.3k	$62.1k
2016–17 †	34,753	25,826	+8,927	17,122	13,190	$91.4k	$62.7k
2017–18	25,429	19,512	+5,917	13,180	10,365	$112.1k	$63.5k
2018–19	24,157	18,988	+5,169	12,604	10,220	$108.4k	$66.6k
2019–20	27,123	19,284	+7,839	13,951	10,409	$110.8k	$68.6k
2020–21	29,687	19,093	+10,594	15,542	10,677	$149.7k	$99.3k
2021–22	28,685	20,073	+8,612	15,486	11,342	$144.7k	$79.6k
2022–23 †	25,540	21,273	+4,267	14,194	12,414	$118.7k	$81.8k

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

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