Kentucky vs Ohio: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Kentucky. In 2022–23, 729 more people moved from Ohio to Kentucky than the other way.

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Ohio → Kentucky10,868 people

Arrivals' income: $61.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Kentucky → Ohio10,139 people

Leavers' income: $57.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

More newcomers came to Kentucky from Ohio than from any other state. 21,007 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Kentucky and Ohio (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+301
2014–15 †	+287
2015–16	+348
2016–17 †	+435
2017–18	+103
2018–19	+277
2019–20	+361
2020–21	+413
2021–22	+339
2022–23 †	+407

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

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Ohio

Net change, all states: −6,312
Moved in · moved out: 155,049 · 161,361
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $67.2k · $78.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Ohio 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	11,283	10,967	+316	6,135	5,834	$44.7k	$47.6k
2014–15 †	8,330	7,902	+428	4,617	4,330	$42.2k	$41.9k
2015–16	11,095	10,792	+303	6,180	5,832	$57.6k	$49.1k
2016–17 †	14,895	14,390	+505	8,217	7,782	$54.8k	$55.4k
2017–18	11,008	11,085	−77	6,313	6,210	$52.1k	$53.2k
2018–19	10,883	10,598	+285	6,311	6,034	$52.3k	$51.0k
2019–20	11,686	11,133	+553	6,696	6,335	$59.7k	$50.5k
2020–21	11,234	10,651	+583	6,718	6,305	$54.4k	$52.8k
2021–22	10,615	10,244	+371	6,545	6,206	$63.2k	$57.8k
2022–23 †	10,868	10,139	+729	6,769	6,362	$61.1k	$57.0k

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

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