Indiana vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?

Toward Tennessee. In 2022–23, 527 more people moved from Indiana to Tennessee than the other way.

Tennessee → Indiana3,855 people

Arrivals' income: $63.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Indiana → Tennessee4,382 people

Leavers' income: $61.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,237 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Tennessee than to Indiana every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−52722–23†††
Net moves between Indiana and Tennessee (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−448
2014–15 †−447
2015–16−669
2016–17 †−1,006
2017–18−451
2018–19−400
2019–20−581
2020–21−578
2021–22−575
2022–23 †−527

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

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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Tennessee

Net change, all states
+42,899
Moved in · moved out
198,430 · 155,531
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$79.4k · $70.1k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Tennessee and Indiana, 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)
2013–143,5954,376−7811,7312,179$41.2k$49.2k
2014–15 †2,2513,007−7561,1581,605$39.9k$50.4k
2015–163,5284,814−1,2861,7792,448$51.4k$57.7k
2016–17 †4,8056,692−1,8872,4073,413$52.5k$62.7k
2017–183,8684,604−7361,9872,438$53.9k$72.0k
2018–193,4984,084−5861,7992,199$59.3k$57.7k
2019–203,7704,645−8751,9202,501$55.1k$62.5k
2020–213,6724,670−9982,0142,592$56.0k$73.3k
2021–223,8064,621−8152,0712,646$70.7k$73.6k
2022–23 †3,8554,382−5272,1572,684$63.7k$61.5k

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

Cite this comparison

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