New Jersey vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?

Name: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Pennsylvania. In 2022–23, 4,475 more people moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania than the other way.

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Pennsylvania → New Jersey25,412 people

Arrivals' income: $86.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

New Jersey → Pennsylvania29,887 people

Leavers' income: $83.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

55,299 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Pennsylvania than to New Jersey every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between New Jersey and Pennsylvania (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−2,200
2014–15 †	−2,451
2015–16	−3,497
2016–17 †	−5,097
2017–18	−4,056
2018–19	−2,945
2019–20	−3,071
2020–21	−2,225
2021–22	−2,030
2022–23 †	−2,692

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

The two states overall

New Jersey

Net change, all states: −29,871
Moved in · moved out: 173,739 · 203,610
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $102.2k · $106.7k

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Pennsylvania

Net change, all states: −14,880
Moved in · moved out: 199,298 · 214,178
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $76.4k · $85.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 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	21,830	25,831	−4,001	12,642	14,842	$59.2k	$70.7k
2014–15 †	15,610	20,147	−4,537	9,395	11,846	$59.6k	$75.5k
2015–16	20,805	26,690	−5,885	11,982	15,479	$68.2k	$74.6k
2016–17 †	28,002	37,896	−9,894	16,235	21,332	$73.4k	$83.2k
2017–18	23,126	30,477	−7,351	13,628	17,684	$73.8k	$78.7k
2018–19	23,366	28,104	−4,738	13,831	16,776	$71.7k	$89.2k
2019–20	26,124	30,876	−4,752	15,142	18,213	$80.7k	$82.9k
2020–21	26,208	30,092	−3,884	15,867	18,092	$84.4k	$94.3k
2021–22	26,428	29,552	−3,124	16,196	18,226	$91.5k	$97.9k
2022–23 †	25,412	29,887	−4,475	16,075	18,767	$86.6k	$83.2k

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

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Moved Where. “New Jersey vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/new-jersey-vs-pennsylvania. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.