Massachusetts vs New Hampshire: which way are people moving?

Name: Massachusetts vs New Hampshire: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward New Hampshire. In 2022–23, 7,000 more people moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire than the other way.

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New Hampshire → Massachusetts9,174 people

Arrivals' income: $84.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Massachusetts → New Hampshire16,174 people

Leavers' income: $134.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Massachusetts is New Hampshire's biggest moving partner in both directions: 25,348 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to New Hampshire than to Massachusetts every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Massachusetts and New Hampshire (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,771
2014–15 †	−1,375
2015–16	−3,252
2016–17 †	−5,874
2017–18	−4,127
2018–19	−3,951
2019–20	−5,922
2020–21	−6,527
2021–22	−5,475
2022–23 †	−4,009

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

The two states overall

Massachusetts

Net change, all states: −28,367
Moved in · moved out: 116,816 · 145,183
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $89.9k · $116.6k

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New Hampshire

Net change, all states: +4,195
Moved in · moved out: 40,918 · 36,723
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $109.3k · $88.0k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 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	9,236	13,105	−3,869	6,036	7,807	$58.3k	$68.9k
2014–15 †	6,593	9,592	−2,999	4,611	5,986	$58.3k	$79.4k
2015–16	8,545	15,087	−6,542	5,782	9,034	$75.0k	$75.4k
2016–17 †	11,262	22,398	−11,136	7,355	13,229	$66.4k	$84.2k
2017–18	9,411	17,121	−7,710	6,328	10,455	$87.5k	$81.6k
2018–19	8,846	16,113	−7,267	6,063	10,014	$69.4k	$84.6k
2019–20	8,937	20,046	−11,109	6,065	11,987	$71.5k	$108.8k
2020–21	8,542	20,038	−11,496	5,938	12,465	$78.6k	$127.8k
2021–22	8,647	18,189	−9,542	6,131	11,606	$91.6k	$122.5k
2022–23 †	9,174	16,174	−7,000	6,594	10,603	$84.6k	$134.7k

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Moved Where. “Massachusetts vs New Hampshire: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/massachusetts-vs-new-hampshire. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.