Kentucky vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?

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

About even. In 2022–23, 2,755 people moved from Kentucky to North Carolina and 2,740 the other way.

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North Carolina → Kentucky2,740 people

Arrivals' income: $60.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Kentucky → North Carolina2,755 people

Leavers' income: $69.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

5,495 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to North Carolina than to Kentucky every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Kentucky and North Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−129
2014–15 †	−42
2015–16	−228
2016–17 †	−259
2017–18	−122
2018–19	−118
2019–20	−57
2020–21	−31
2021–22	−166
2022–23 †	−124

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

The two states overall

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

Kentucky page →

North Carolina

Net change, all states: +69,108
Moved in · moved out: 295,243 · 226,135
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $80.2k · $74.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between North Carolina and Kentucky, 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	2,962	3,202	−240	1,344	1,473	$47.5k	$52.3k
2014–15 †	2,045	2,005	+40	987	1,029	$43.9k	$45.4k
2015–16	2,686	3,150	−464	1,276	1,504	$59.2k	$60.4k
2016–17 †	3,918	4,314	−396	1,784	2,043	$57.8k	$61.6k
2017–18	2,753	2,921	−168	1,359	1,481	$51.9k	$55.2k
2018–19	2,621	2,800	−179	1,334	1,452	$53.0k	$59.0k
2019–20	2,948	2,884	+64	1,424	1,481	$62.1k	$63.4k
2020–21	2,929	2,864	+65	1,475	1,506	$66.1k	$61.8k
2021–22	2,733	2,763	−30	1,393	1,559	$64.5k	$76.2k
2022–23 †	2,740	2,755	−15	1,441	1,565	$60.9k	$69.1k

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

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