Kansas vs Missouri: which way are people moving?

Name: Kansas vs Missouri: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Missouri. In 2022–23, 2,628 more people moved from Kansas to Missouri than the other way.

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Missouri → Kansas16,927 people

Arrivals' income: $65.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Kansas → Missouri19,555 people

Leavers' income: $69.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Missouri is Kansas's biggest moving partner in both directions: 36,482 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Kansas came out ahead every year until 2013–14. Since 2014–15, more have moved to Missouri.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Kansas and Missouri (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+7
2014–15 †	−360
2015–16	−1,336
2016–17 †	−2,051
2017–18	−1,023
2018–19	−986
2019–20	−1,268
2020–21	−1,016
2021–22	−1,156
2022–23 †	−1,541

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

The two states overall

Kansas

Net change, all states: −4,048
Moved in · moved out: 70,469 · 74,517
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $64.7k · $68.2k

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Missouri

Net change, all states: +8,839
Moved in · moved out: 124,978 · 116,139
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $65.8k · $71.5k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Missouri and Kansas, 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	17,526	17,531	−5	9,644	9,637	$50.5k	$42.7k
2014–15 †	12,158	12,601	−443	6,831	7,191	$50.4k	$48.6k
2015–16	16,765	18,941	−2,176	9,342	10,678	$57.9k	$50.8k
2016–17 †	22,359	26,327	−3,968	12,517	14,568	$58.4k	$59.9k
2017–18	18,089	19,587	−1,498	10,316	11,339	$53.2k	$54.2k
2018–19	17,199	18,947	−1,748	10,061	11,047	$64.1k	$56.6k
2019–20	18,489	20,665	−2,176	10,528	11,796	$61.7k	$57.7k
2020–21	18,007	19,766	−1,759	10,836	11,852	$65.2k	$60.5k
2021–22	17,386	19,284	−1,898	10,657	11,813	$67.9k	$75.3k
2022–23 †	16,927	19,555	−2,628	10,597	12,138	$65.2k	$69.0k

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

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Moved Where. “Kansas vs Missouri: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/kansas-vs-missouri. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.