Massachusetts vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?

Name: Massachusetts vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 2,546 more people moved from Massachusetts to North Carolina than the other way.

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North Carolina → Massachusetts3,234 people

Arrivals' income: $75.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Massachusetts → North Carolina5,780 people

Leavers' income: $99.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

9,014 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to North Carolina than to Massachusetts every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Massachusetts and North Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−761
2014–15 †	−450
2015–16	−1,265
2016–17 †	−1,413
2017–18	−1,196
2018–19	−866
2019–20	−1,208
2020–21	−1,615
2021–22	−1,551
2022–23 †	−1,270

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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North Carolina

Net change, all states: +69,108
Moved in · moved out: 295,243 · 226,135
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $80.2k · $74.3k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between North Carolina 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	2,748	4,376	−1,628	1,545	2,306	$59.2k	$70.1k
2014–15 †	1,892	2,883	−991	1,155	1,605	$58.5k	$69.6k
2015–16	2,616	5,189	−2,573	1,586	2,851	$66.2k	$90.8k
2016–17 †	4,058	6,886	−2,828	2,344	3,757	$71.0k	$87.2k
2017–18	2,928	5,378	−2,450	1,815	3,011	$64.7k	$80.9k
2018–19	3,128	4,802	−1,674	1,917	2,783	$71.9k	$95.0k
2019–20	2,998	5,447	−2,449	1,865	3,073	$74.4k	$92.1k
2020–21	2,948	6,110	−3,162	1,871	3,486	$77.8k	$103.6k
2021–22	3,116	6,295	−3,179	2,062	3,613	$84.7k	$104.2k
2022–23 †	3,234	5,780	−2,546	2,213	3,483	$75.6k	$99.8k

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

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Moved Where. “Massachusetts vs North Carolina: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/massachusetts-vs-north-carolina. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.