Massachusetts vs New Jersey: which way are people moving?

Toward Massachusetts. In 2022–23, 1,030 more people moved from New Jersey to Massachusetts than the other way.

New Jersey → Massachusetts4,973 people

Arrivals' income: $96.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Massachusetts → New Jersey3,943 people

Leavers' income: $116.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,916 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+85622–23†††
Net moves between Massachusetts and New Jersey (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+663
2014–15 †+626
2015–16+793
2016–17 †+713
2017–18+588
2018–19+726
2019–20+408
2020–21+331
2021–22+419
2022–23 †+856

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 Jersey

Net change, all states
−29,871
Moved in · moved out
173,739 · 203,610
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$102.2k · $106.7k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between New Jersey and Massachusetts, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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PeopleHouseholdsAvg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–144,2973,207+1,0902,5731,910$90.2k$67.7k
2014–15 †3,2712,322+9492,0751,449$90.3k$84.8k
2015–164,6603,320+1,3402,7711,978$122.0k$88.0k
2016–17 †6,1484,618+1,5303,4912,778$111.6k$87.9k
2017–184,7383,712+1,0262,9792,391$109.8k$97.9k
2018–194,8443,452+1,3923,0332,307$115.2k$83.2k
2019–204,7983,935+8632,9642,556$125.6k$97.9k
2020–214,5503,880+6702,9212,590$141.6k$114.2k
2021–224,6374,026+6113,1612,742$141.8k$135.7k
2022–23 †4,9733,943+1,0303,5962,740$96.3k$116.2k

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

Cite this comparison

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