Montana vs Wyoming: which way are people moving?

Name: Montana vs Wyoming: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Montana. In 2022–23, 12 more people moved from Wyoming to Montana than the other way.

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Wyoming → Montana1,120 people

Arrivals' income: $60.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Montana → Wyoming1,108 people

Leavers' income: $55.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,228 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Montana than to Wyoming every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Montana and Wyoming (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+60
2014–15 †	+77
2015–16	+166
2016–17 †	+444
2017–18	+176
2018–19	+112
2019–20	+227
2020–21	+165
2021–22	+94
2022–23 †	+57

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

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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Wyoming

Net change, all states: +375
Moved in · moved out: 22,038 · 21,663
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.9k · $69.2k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Wyoming 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	1,498	1,298	+200	781	721	$45.9k	$48.9k
2014–15 †	1,047	966	+81	608	531	$49.4k	$54.4k
2015–16	1,427	1,179	+248	786	620	$53.1k	$49.9k
2016–17 †	2,257	1,340	+917	1,151	707	$57.7k	$48.3k
2017–18	1,397	1,111	+286	774	598	$54.6k	$49.4k
2018–19	1,328	1,059	+269	699	587	$85.3k	$56.8k
2019–20	1,440	1,130	+310	805	578	$60.2k	$58.7k
2020–21	1,376	1,143	+233	780	615	$67.3k	$63.5k
2021–22	1,171	1,116	+55	701	607	$72.2k	$72.3k
2022–23 †	1,120	1,108	+12	700	643	$60.1k	$55.8k

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

Cite this comparison

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