Hawaii vs New York: which way are people moving?

Toward Hawaii. In 2022–23, 226 more people moved from New York to Hawaii than the other way.

New York → Hawaii1,345 people

Arrivals' income: $78.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Hawaii → New York1,119 people

Leavers' income: $71.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,464 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Hawaii than to New York every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+14222–23†††
Net moves between Hawaii and New York (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+145
2014–15 †+174
2015–16+265
2016–17 †+97
2017–18+99
2018–19+182
2019–20+260
2020–21+223
2021–22+95
2022–23 †+142

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

The two states overall

Hawaii

Net change, all states
−6,825
Moved in · moved out
45,031 · 51,856
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$78.1k · $70.9k
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New York

Net change, all states
−157,970
Moved in · moved out
268,427 · 426,397
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$94.2k · $106.0k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between New York and Hawaii, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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PeopleHouseholdsAvg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–141,3771,232+145804659$44.9k$42.6k
2014–15 †1,247966+281741567$42.4k$45.0k
2015–161,6271,264+363946681$59.9k$41.9k
2016–17 †1,8511,932−811,051954$66.5k$48.2k
2017–181,4811,368+113855756$67.4k$51.2k
2018–191,3731,106+267809627$67.3k$62.5k
2019–201,4761,150+326877617$71.7k$50.1k
2020–211,4431,112+331863640$83.1k$64.6k
2021–221,2991,175+124808713$130.7k$70.9k
2022–23 †1,3451,119+226841699$78.9k$71.2k

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

Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “Hawaii vs New York: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/hawaii-vs-new-york. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.