Maine vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Maine. In 2022–23, 47 more people moved from Virginia to Maine than the other way.

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Virginia → Maine958 people

Arrivals' income: $90.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Maine → Virginia911 people

Leavers' income: $82.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

1,869 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 Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Maine and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+52
2014–15 †	+12
2015–16	+53
2016–17 †	+111
2017–18	+58
2018–19	+23
2019–20	+87
2020–21	+71
2021–22	+38
2022–23 †	+11

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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Virginia

Net change, all states: −42
Moved in · moved out: 230,220 · 230,262
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.3k · $89.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Virginia 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	979	786	+193	492	440	$74.6k	$51.8k
2014–15 †	615	549	+66	329	317	$67.3k	$48.5k
2015–16	853	758	+95	456	403	$66.9k	$52.6k
2016–17 †	1,346	1,101	+245	677	566	$78.6k	$58.7k
2017–18	902	773	+129	478	420	$73.2k	$64.2k
2018–19	879	874	+5	494	471	$77.8k	$65.9k
2019–20	1,042	881	+161	556	469	$91.2k	$63.6k
2020–21	1,010	809	+201	542	471	$98.6k	$69.7k
2021–22	1,041	920	+121	578	540	$116.8k	$74.9k
2022–23 †	958	911	+47	558	547	$90.3k	$82.1k

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