Iowa vs Texas: which way are people moving?

Name: Iowa vs Texas: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 335 more people moved from Iowa to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Iowa3,808 people

Arrivals' income: $59.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Iowa → Texas4,143 people

Leavers' income: $70.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

7,951 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Texas than to Iowa every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Iowa and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−799
2014–15 †	−317
2015–16	−251
2016–17 †	−456
2017–18	−262
2018–19	−584
2019–20	−585
2020–21	−425
2021–22	−951
2022–23 †	−333

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

The two states overall

Iowa

Net change, all states: −1,467
Moved in · moved out: 57,011 · 58,478
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $61.6k · $64.9k

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Texas

Net change, all states: +112,481
Moved in · moved out: 553,369 · 440,888
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $83.6k · $80.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Texas and Iowa, 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	2,967	4,628	−1,661	1,461	2,260	$48.3k	$49.4k
2014–15 †	2,492	2,973	−481	1,265	1,582	$40.9k	$50.8k
2015–16	3,633	3,976	−343	1,754	2,005	$48.8k	$57.5k
2016–17 †	4,748	5,386	−638	2,259	2,715	$53.8k	$61.6k
2017–18	3,572	3,991	−419	1,761	2,023	$51.5k	$56.0k
2018–19	3,134	4,262	−1,128	1,588	2,172	$60.7k	$87.3k
2019–20	3,430	4,557	−1,127	1,790	2,375	$58.4k	$63.5k
2020–21	3,638	4,739	−1,101	2,181	2,606	$47.5k	$57.2k
2021–22	3,473	4,974	−1,501	1,913	2,864	$63.3k	$66.1k
2022–23 †	3,808	4,143	−335	2,099	2,432	$59.1k	$70.1k

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

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Moved Where. “Iowa vs Texas: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/iowa-vs-texas. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.