Georgia vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

Name: Georgia vs Virginia: which way are people moving?
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Toward Georgia. In 2022–23, 585 more people moved from Virginia to Georgia than the other way.

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Virginia → Georgia9,204 people

Arrivals' income: $78.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Georgia → Virginia8,619 people

Leavers' income: $69.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

17,823 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Georgia and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+762
2014–15 †	+451
2015–16	+945
2016–17 †	+1,017
2017–18	+686
2018–19	+504
2019–20	+942
2020–21	+1,054
2021–22	+821
2022–23 †	+223

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

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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 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	10,337	8,749	+1,588	5,017	4,255	$64.2k	$53.7k
2014–15 †	6,868	5,921	+947	3,583	3,132	$51.9k	$51.0k
2015–16	10,845	8,612	+2,233	5,209	4,264	$66.9k	$60.4k
2016–17 †	14,227	12,141	+2,086	6,810	5,793	$69.2k	$63.1k
2017–18	10,273	9,061	+1,212	5,230	4,544	$64.3k	$62.9k
2018–19	9,720	8,587	+1,133	4,885	4,381	$69.9k	$64.7k
2019–20	10,677	8,793	+1,884	5,332	4,390	$80.7k	$64.7k
2020–21	10,456	8,069	+2,387	5,417	4,363	$85.5k	$66.2k
2021–22	10,038	8,322	+1,716	5,442	4,621	$86.3k	$73.9k
2022–23 †	9,204	8,619	+585	5,099	4,876	$78.6k	$69.8k

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