Massachusetts vs Vermont: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Vermont. In 2022–23, 534 more people moved from Massachusetts to Vermont than the other way.

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Vermont → Massachusetts1,706 people

Arrivals' income: $71.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Massachusetts → Vermont2,240 people

Leavers' income: $111.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,946 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Massachusetts and Vermont (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−69
2014–15 †	−83
2015–16	−116
2016–17 †	−323
2017–18	−164
2018–19	−164
2019–20	−609
2020–21	−688
2021–22	−333
2022–23 †	−201

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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Vermont

Net change, all states: +84
Moved in · moved out: 16,939 · 16,855
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.1k · $71.9k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Vermont 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	1,507	1,785	−278	1,079	1,148	$48.8k	$55.2k
2014–15 †	1,040	1,227	−187	776	859	$53.4k	$63.1k
2015–16	1,570	1,881	−311	1,161	1,277	$55.0k	$67.1k
2016–17 †	1,963	2,673	−710	1,365	1,688	$58.0k	$74.2k
2017–18	1,591	1,946	−355	1,155	1,319	$60.2k	$73.7k
2018–19	1,444	1,742	−298	1,038	1,202	$71.2k	$79.8k
2019–20	1,383	2,561	−1,178	1,022	1,631	$57.5k	$126.5k
2020–21	1,417	2,628	−1,211	1,020	1,708	$82.8k	$109.9k
2021–22	1,684	2,439	−755	1,258	1,591	$81.7k	$127.2k
2022–23 †	1,706	2,240	−534	1,339	1,540	$71.7k	$111.9k

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

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