Kentucky vs West Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Kentucky. In 2022–23, 296 more people moved from West Virginia to Kentucky than the other way.

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West Virginia → Kentucky1,668 people

Arrivals' income: $51.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Kentucky → West Virginia1,372 people

Leavers' income: $44.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,040 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 West Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Kentucky and West Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+130
2014–15 †	+81
2015–16	+209
2016–17 †	+293
2017–18	+211
2018–19	+250
2019–20	+156
2020–21	+173
2021–22	+235
2022–23 †	+201

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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West Virginia

Net change, all states: +3,137
Moved in · moved out: 36,521 · 33,384
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $58.5k · $60.5k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between West Virginia 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	1,694	1,513	+181	813	683	$32.5k	$40.3k
2014–15 †	1,232	1,098	+134	618	537	$38.7k	$32.0k
2015–16	1,725	1,264	+461	845	636	$50.3k	$43.8k
2016–17 †	2,124	1,638	+486	1,061	768	$48.5k	$44.6k
2017–18	1,710	1,261	+449	872	661	$53.0k	$40.1k
2018–19	1,670	1,226	+444	859	609	$45.6k	$45.3k
2019–20	1,787	1,491	+296	877	721	$27.2k	$46.8k
2020–21	1,673	1,329	+344	889	716	$47.9k	$42.1k
2021–22	1,656	1,210	+446	890	655	$51.5k	$33.9k
2022–23 †	1,668	1,372	+296	936	735	$51.6k	$44.2k

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

Cite this comparison

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