Montana vs Oregon: which way are people moving?

Name: Montana vs Oregon: which way are people moving?
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Toward Montana. In 2022–23, 611 more people moved from Oregon to Montana than the other way.

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Oregon → Montana1,917 people

Arrivals' income: $66.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Montana → Oregon1,306 people

Leavers' income: $53.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

3,223 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Oregon came out ahead every year until 2017–18. Since 2018–19, more have moved to Montana.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Montana and Oregon (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−91
2014–15 †	−80
2015–16	−193
2016–17 †	−82
2017–18	−78
2018–19	+74
2019–20	+174
2020–21	+634
2021–22	+482
2022–23 †	+279

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2018–19 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Montana

Net change, all states: +5,332
Moved in · moved out: 35,226 · 29,894
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.1k · $65.2k

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Oregon

Net change, all states: −4,774
Moved in · moved out: 98,688 · 103,462
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $74.8k · $82.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Oregon and Montana, 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	1,324	1,427	−103	766	857	$45.6k	$37.6k
2014–15 †	876	981	−105	537	617	$39.2k	$36.4k
2015–16	1,371	1,647	−276	773	966	$51.0k	$39.5k
2016–17 †	2,138	2,111	+27	1,149	1,231	$50.6k	$41.7k
2017–18	1,583	1,621	−38	896	974	$55.5k	$43.0k
2018–19	1,744	1,425	+319	971	897	$59.8k	$42.6k
2019–20	1,959	1,505	+454	1,079	905	$60.1k	$45.5k
2020–21	2,725	1,309	+1,416	1,482	848	$73.9k	$46.7k
2021–22	2,587	1,416	+1,171	1,430	948	$79.4k	$51.5k
2022–23 †	1,917	1,306	+611	1,172	893	$66.5k	$53.0k

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

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Moved Where. “Montana vs Oregon: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/montana-vs-oregon. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.