Maine vs New Hampshire: which way are people moving?

Name: Maine vs New Hampshire: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Maine. In 2022–23, 1,051 more people moved from New Hampshire to Maine than the other way.

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New Hampshire → Maine3,878 people

Arrivals' income: $74.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Maine → New Hampshire2,827 people

Leavers' income: $65.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

6,705 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 New Hampshire every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Maine and New Hampshire (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+105
2014–15 †	+86
2015–16	+286
2016–17 †	+690
2017–18	+398
2018–19	+471
2019–20	+674
2020–21	+884
2021–22	+669
2022–23 †	+623

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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New Hampshire

Net change, all states: +4,195
Moved in · moved out: 40,918 · 36,723
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $109.3k · $88.0k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between New Hampshire 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	3,092	2,822	+270	1,875	1,770	$50.5k	$47.1k
2014–15 †	2,252	2,082	+170	1,445	1,359	$42.0k	$48.3k
2015–16	3,584	2,908	+676	2,139	1,853	$55.8k	$68.9k
2016–17 †	4,965	3,795	+1,170	3,041	2,351	$56.7k	$58.4k
2017–18	3,862	3,127	+735	2,429	2,031	$60.7k	$62.0k
2018–19	3,748	2,975	+773	2,390	1,919	$67.7k	$60.1k
2019–20	4,192	3,098	+1,094	2,573	1,899	$64.6k	$66.1k
2020–21	4,316	2,876	+1,440	2,730	1,846	$71.0k	$67.9k
2021–22	4,019	2,834	+1,185	2,595	1,926	$73.1k	$78.2k
2022–23 †	3,878	2,827	+1,051	2,595	1,972	$74.0k	$65.7k

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

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