Maryland vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Pennsylvania. In 2022–23, 2,467 more people moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania than the other way.

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Pennsylvania → Maryland11,861 people

Arrivals' income: $72.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Maryland → Pennsylvania14,328 people

Leavers' income: $73.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

26,189 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Pennsylvania than to Maryland every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Maryland and Pennsylvania (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−215
2014–15 †	−116
2015–16	−611
2016–17 †	−1,328
2017–18	−711
2018–19	−1,138
2019–20	−1,420
2020–21	−1,751
2021–22	−1,639
2022–23 †	−1,373

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

The two states overall

Maryland

Net change, all states: −20,112
Moved in · moved out: 135,223 · 155,335
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $80.8k · $88.3k

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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 Maryland, 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	12,111	13,061	−950	7,020	7,235	$55.2k	$58.7k
2014–15 †	8,542	9,371	−829	5,279	5,395	$50.9k	$57.5k
2015–16	11,595	13,563	−1,968	6,946	7,557	$58.0k	$62.3k
2016–17 †	15,767	19,308	−3,541	9,249	10,577	$62.4k	$68.1k
2017–18	12,218	13,976	−1,758	7,319	8,030	$58.9k	$64.7k
2018–19	11,264	13,858	−2,594	6,895	8,033	$63.0k	$73.4k
2019–20	12,077	15,054	−2,977	7,149	8,569	$71.7k	$72.0k
2020–21	11,308	14,892	−3,584	7,042	8,793	$70.7k	$72.3k
2021–22	11,524	14,734	−3,210	7,334	8,973	$78.2k	$80.3k
2022–23 †	11,861	14,328	−2,467	7,619	8,992	$72.6k	$73.9k

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