Maryland vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Virginia. In 2022–23, 2,051 more people moved from Maryland to Virginia than the other way.

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Virginia → Maryland21,646 people

Arrivals' income: $87.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Maryland → Virginia23,697 people

Leavers' income: $83.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Virginia is Maryland's biggest moving partner in both directions: 45,343 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Maryland came out ahead every year until 2013–14. Since 2014–15, more have moved to Virginia.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Maryland and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+3,006
2014–15 †	−1,436
2015–16	−1,665
2016–17 †	−1,084
2017–18	−815
2018–19	−785
2019–20	−1,428
2020–21	−2,270
2021–22	−1,680
2022–23 †	−1,726

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2014–15 turn lands on one of those years, so part of it may be the method.

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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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 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	29,967	22,870	+7,097	15,921	12,915	$52.7k	$68.3k
2014–15 †	18,653	21,117	−2,464	10,322	11,758	$54.2k	$55.7k
2015–16	24,554	27,088	−2,534	13,348	15,013	$64.2k	$66.0k
2016–17 †	32,984	34,597	−1,613	18,014	19,098	$69.2k	$76.6k
2017–18	25,295	26,547	−1,252	14,324	15,139	$66.3k	$73.8k
2018–19	24,216	25,363	−1,147	13,870	14,655	$73.7k	$71.6k
2019–20	25,107	27,883	−2,776	14,262	15,690	$80.6k	$77.1k
2020–21	23,150	26,777	−3,627	13,736	16,006	$82.0k	$73.2k
2021–22	22,139	24,637	−2,498	13,424	15,104	$92.0k	$85.2k
2022–23 †	21,646	23,697	−2,051	13,353	15,079	$87.9k	$83.1k

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

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