Maine vs New York: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Maine. In 2022–23, 745 more people moved from New York to Maine than the other way.

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New York → Maine2,018 people

Arrivals' income: $92.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Maine → New York1,273 people

Leavers' income: $79.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,291 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 York every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Maine and New York (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+274
2014–15 †	+181
2015–16	+407
2016–17 †	+739
2017–18	+361
2018–19	+382
2019–20	+962
2020–21	+874
2021–22	+494
2022–23 †	+412

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 York

Net change, all states: −157,970
Moved in · moved out: 268,427 · 426,397
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $94.2k · $106.0k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between New York 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	1,680	1,191	+489	1,008	734	$69.8k	$57.7k
2014–15 †	1,217	853	+364	767	586	$65.3k	$59.1k
2015–16	1,833	1,074	+759	1,111	704	$74.5k	$48.4k
2016–17 †	2,513	1,303	+1,210	1,561	822	$86.9k	$62.5k
2017–18	1,846	1,200	+646	1,152	791	$77.8k	$71.1k
2018–19	1,813	1,075	+738	1,111	729	$94.5k	$54.9k
2019–20	2,558	987	+1,571	1,619	657	$126.6k	$62.4k
2020–21	2,526	1,143	+1,383	1,656	782	$94.5k	$73.2k
2021–22	2,132	1,372	+760	1,458	964	$105.6k	$87.0k
2022–23 †	2,018	1,273	+745	1,375	963	$92.8k	$79.7k

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

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