Massachusetts vs Rhode Island: which way are people moving?

Name: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Rhode Island. In 2022–23, 2,055 more people moved from Massachusetts to Rhode Island than the other way.

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Rhode Island → Massachusetts7,558 people

Arrivals' income: $74.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Massachusetts → Rhode Island9,613 people

Leavers' income: $87.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Massachusetts is Rhode Island's biggest moving partner in both directions: 17,171 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Massachusetts came out ahead every year until 2014–15. Since 2015–16, more have moved to Rhode Island.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Massachusetts and Rhode Island (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+93
2014–15 †	+256
2015–16	−174
2016–17 †	−692
2017–18	−720
2018–19	−859
2019–20	−1,638
2020–21	−1,752
2021–22	−1,710
2022–23 †	−1,292

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2015–16 turn falls between them.

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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Rhode Island

Net change, all states: −1,068
Moved in · moved out: 27,055 · 28,123
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.6k · $79.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Rhode Island 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	7,037	6,951	+86	4,383	4,290	$56.6k	$57.4k
2014–15 †	5,610	5,404	+206	3,606	3,350	$60.8k	$57.8k
2015–16	7,022	7,335	−313	4,447	4,621	$64.7k	$62.5k
2016–17 †	9,664	10,687	−1,023	5,961	6,653	$68.1k	$64.9k
2017–18	7,693	8,886	−1,193	4,906	5,626	$66.6k	$67.3k
2018–19	7,591	9,109	−1,518	4,928	5,787	$67.9k	$69.9k
2019–20	7,757	10,448	−2,691	4,968	6,606	$72.2k	$86.7k
2020–21	7,322	10,010	−2,688	4,835	6,587	$76.1k	$83.3k
2021–22	7,523	10,255	−2,732	5,147	6,857	$83.7k	$88.3k
2022–23 †	7,558	9,613	−2,055	5,218	6,510	$74.1k	$87.8k

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

Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “Massachusetts vs Rhode Island: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/massachusetts-vs-rhode-island. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.