Massachusetts vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 1,706 more people moved from Massachusetts to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Massachusetts5,207 people

Arrivals' income: $95.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Massachusetts → Texas6,913 people

Leavers' income: $110.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

12,120 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Massachusetts and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,239
2014–15 †	−554
2015–16	−629
2016–17 †	−718
2017–18	−553
2018–19	−732
2019–20	−983
2020–21	−1,503
2021–22	−1,540
2022–23 †	−824

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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Texas

Net change, all states: +112,481
Moved in · moved out: 553,369 · 440,888
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $83.6k · $80.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Texas 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	3,842	6,349	−2,507	2,201	3,440	$73.9k	$72.0k
2014–15 †	3,256	4,330	−1,074	1,911	2,465	$85.0k	$68.5k
2015–16	4,373	5,936	−1,563	2,515	3,144	$73.2k	$80.1k
2016–17 †	5,783	7,360	−1,577	3,278	3,996	$81.5k	$92.7k
2017–18	4,192	5,549	−1,357	2,572	3,125	$82.8k	$88.6k
2018–19	4,282	5,826	−1,544	2,612	3,344	$95.1k	$86.3k
2019–20	4,209	6,269	−2,060	2,566	3,549	$86.5k	$94.1k
2020–21	4,290	7,025	−2,735	2,601	4,104	$103.4k	$109.8k
2021–22	4,912	7,839	−2,927	3,054	4,594	$130.5k	$113.2k
2022–23 †	5,207	6,913	−1,706	3,394	4,218	$95.1k	$110.4k

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