Maine vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Maine. In 2022–23, 250 more people moved from Pennsylvania to Maine than the other way.

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Pennsylvania → Maine945 people

Arrivals' income: $85.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Maine → Pennsylvania695 people

Leavers' income: $62.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

1,640 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 Pennsylvania every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Maine and Pennsylvania (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+132
2014–15 †	+35
2015–16	+173
2016–17 †	+263
2017–18	+190
2018–19	+100
2019–20	+184
2020–21	+248
2021–22	+197
2022–23 †	+146

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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Pennsylvania

Net change, all states: −14,880
Moved in · moved out: 199,298 · 214,178
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $76.4k · $85.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Pennsylvania 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	868	622	+246	495	363	$57.0k	$57.2k
2014–15 †	465	399	+66	296	261	$47.7k	$58.0k
2015–16	911	557	+354	520	347	$75.8k	$53.3k
2016–17 †	1,274	788	+486	719	456	$68.0k	$50.8k
2017–18	938	572	+366	545	355	$63.4k	$62.8k
2018–19	903	650	+253	507	407	$69.4k	$63.5k
2019–20	915	597	+318	547	363	$82.2k	$60.2k
2020–21	1,090	640	+450	633	385	$173.2k	$71.8k
2021–22	959	705	+254	635	438	$135.6k	$66.5k
2022–23 †	945	695	+250	616	470	$85.4k	$62.5k

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

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