Georgia vs South Carolina: which way are people moving?

Name: Georgia vs South Carolina: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward South Carolina. In 2022–23, 1,856 more people moved from Georgia to South Carolina than the other way.

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South Carolina → Georgia14,440 people

Arrivals' income: $60.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → South Carolina16,296 people

Leavers' income: $80.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

30,736 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to South Carolina than to Georgia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Georgia and South Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−177
2014–15 †	−270
2015–16	−192
2016–17 †	−1,056
2017–18	−458
2018–19	−517
2019–20	−929
2020–21	−638
2021–22	−713
2022–23 †	−981

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

The two states overall

Georgia

Net change, all states: +35,536
Moved in · moved out: 265,330 · 229,794
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $70.2k · $72.3k

Georgia page →

South Carolina

Net change, all states: +59,102
Moved in · moved out: 178,163 · 119,061
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $88.5k · $66.6k

South Carolina page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between South Carolina and Georgia, 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	14,379	14,948	−569	7,154	7,331	$40.9k	$55.0k
2014–15 †	10,368	11,261	−893	5,428	5,698	$41.7k	$52.8k
2015–16	13,677	14,447	−770	7,055	7,247	$46.6k	$59.4k
2016–17 †	17,656	20,359	−2,703	8,920	9,976	$53.1k	$65.5k
2017–18	14,055	15,314	−1,259	7,415	7,873	$53.2k	$63.1k
2018–19	13,595	14,908	−1,313	7,171	7,688	$52.0k	$67.9k
2019–20	14,359	16,801	−2,442	7,531	8,460	$62.8k	$75.7k
2020–21	14,695	16,189	−1,494	8,100	8,738	$59.8k	$79.9k
2021–22	14,698	16,349	−1,651	8,283	8,996	$61.4k	$92.9k
2022–23 †	14,440	16,296	−1,856	8,328	9,309	$60.7k	$80.9k

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Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “Georgia vs South Carolina: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/georgia-vs-south-carolina. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.