Indiana vs Kentucky: which way are people moving?

Name: Indiana vs Kentucky: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Indiana. In 2022–23, 1,369 more people moved from Kentucky to Indiana than the other way.

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Kentucky → Indiana10,191 people

Arrivals' income: $56.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Indiana → Kentucky8,822 people

Leavers' income: $52.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

19,013 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2016–17, more have moved to Indiana.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Indiana and Kentucky (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+221
2014–15 †	−91
2015–16	−31
2016–17 †	+567
2017–18	+614
2018–19	+733
2019–20	+699
2020–21	+902
2021–22	+536
2022–23 †	+646

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2016–17 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

The two states overall

Indiana

Net change, all states: +4,837
Moved in · moved out: 121,307 · 116,470
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $64.3k · $67.8k

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Kentucky

Net change, all states: +5,861
Moved in · moved out: 86,522 · 80,661
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $60.5k · $65.7k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Kentucky and Indiana, 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	10,101	9,205	+896	5,116	4,895	$40.8k	$37.9k
2014–15 †	6,879	7,030	−151	3,718	3,809	$38.5k	$36.1k
2015–16	9,404	9,137	+267	4,915	4,946	$46.5k	$44.3k
2016–17 †	13,303	12,172	+1,131	6,996	6,429	$46.8k	$47.0k
2017–18	10,318	9,026	+1,292	5,552	4,938	$47.1k	$46.2k
2018–19	10,033	8,652	+1,381	5,500	4,767	$46.0k	$46.8k
2019–20	10,764	9,190	+1,574	5,741	5,042	$48.5k	$46.6k
2020–21	10,671	8,883	+1,788	5,976	5,074	$51.1k	$47.4k
2021–22	9,732	8,737	+995	5,691	5,155	$57.6k	$57.0k
2022–23 †	10,191	8,822	+1,369	5,940	5,294	$56.7k	$52.4k

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

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Moved Where. “Indiana vs Kentucky: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/indiana-vs-kentucky. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.