Kentucky vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Kentucky. In 2022–23, 439 more people moved from Tennessee to Kentucky than the other way.

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Tennessee → Kentucky10,153 people

Arrivals' income: $53.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Kentucky → Tennessee9,714 people

Leavers' income: $55.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

19,867 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 Kentucky every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Kentucky and Tennessee (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,414
2014–15 †	−965
2015–16	−946
2016–17 †	−1,140
2017–18	−629
2018–19	−744
2019–20	−183
2020–21	−94
2021–22	−98
2022–23 †	−118

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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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 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	8,293	11,376	−3,083	3,952	5,366	$37.3k	$42.8k
2014–15 †	6,329	8,506	−2,177	3,172	4,137	$35.8k	$39.5k
2015–16	8,614	10,567	−1,953	4,260	5,206	$41.0k	$45.8k
2016–17 †	11,369	13,763	−2,394	5,595	6,735	$43.5k	$50.2k
2017–18	9,269	10,309	−1,040	4,692	5,321	$45.2k	$47.4k
2018–19	8,861	10,004	−1,143	4,483	5,227	$44.5k	$48.0k
2019–20	10,207	10,425	−218	5,054	5,237	$48.4k	$49.3k
2020–21	9,795	9,957	−162	5,323	5,417	$43.4k	$54.2k
2021–22	10,240	9,782	+458	5,424	5,522	$52.5k	$59.6k
2022–23 †	10,153	9,714	+439	5,516	5,634	$53.4k	$55.6k

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

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