Maine vs Massachusetts: which way are people moving?

Name: Maine vs Massachusetts: which way are people moving?
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Toward Maine. In 2022–23, 1,956 more people moved from Massachusetts to Maine than the other way.

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Massachusetts → Maine4,870 people

Arrivals' income: $113.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Maine → Massachusetts2,914 people

Leavers' income: $77.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

More newcomers came to Maine from Massachusetts than from any other state. 7,784 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Maine than to Massachusetts every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Maine and Massachusetts (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+675
2014–15 †	+249
2015–16	+987
2016–17 †	+1,837
2017–18	+1,318
2018–19	+1,206
2019–20	+2,315
2020–21	+2,381
2021–22	+1,830
2022–23 †	+1,101

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

The two states overall

Maine

Net change, all states: +6,497
Moved in · moved out: 31,675 · 25,178
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $85.4k · $74.1k

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Massachusetts

Net change, all states: −28,367
Moved in · moved out: 116,816 · 145,183
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $89.9k · $116.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Massachusetts and Maine, 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	3,895	2,494	+1,401	2,391	1,716	$69.5k	$54.4k
2014–15 †	2,441	1,940	+501	1,624	1,375	$63.2k	$54.3k
2015–16	4,129	2,237	+1,892	2,559	1,572	$76.8k	$48.5k
2016–17 †	6,219	2,891	+3,328	3,852	2,015	$87.3k	$57.5k
2017–18	4,733	2,432	+2,301	3,034	1,716	$84.5k	$56.1k
2018–19	4,579	2,457	+2,122	2,933	1,727	$92.2k	$71.9k
2019–20	6,195	2,256	+3,939	3,897	1,582	$110.1k	$64.6k
2020–21	6,287	2,302	+3,985	4,050	1,669	$129.3k	$78.5k
2021–22	5,748	2,663	+3,085	3,761	1,931	$134.6k	$87.7k
2022–23 †	4,870	2,914	+1,956	3,330	2,229	$113.5k	$77.8k

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Moved Where. “Maine vs Massachusetts: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/maine-vs-massachusetts. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.