New Jersey vs South Carolina: which way are people moving?

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

Toward South Carolina. In 2022–23, 4,825 more people moved from New Jersey to South Carolina than the other way.

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South Carolina → New Jersey1,760 people

Arrivals' income: $68.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

New Jersey → South Carolina6,585 people

Leavers' income: $106.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,345 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between New Jersey and South Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,368
2014–15 †	−985
2015–16	−1,845
2016–17 †	−2,502
2017–18	−2,092
2018–19	−1,763
2019–20	−2,278
2020–21	−2,717
2021–22	−2,978
2022–23 †	−2,489

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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South Carolina

Net change, all states: +59,102
Moved in · moved out: 178,163 · 119,061
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $88.5k · $66.6k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between South Carolina 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	1,587	4,317	−2,730	881	2,249	$38.2k	$77.4k
2014–15 †	1,273	3,143	−1,870	714	1,699	$40.5k	$72.0k
2015–16	1,355	5,044	−3,689	776	2,621	$53.9k	$82.1k
2016–17 †	1,962	7,141	−5,179	1,138	3,640	$54.5k	$87.9k
2017–18	1,553	5,773	−4,220	920	3,012	$61.7k	$95.1k
2018–19	1,640	5,167	−3,527	985	2,748	$52.6k	$95.3k
2019–20	1,847	6,478	−4,631	1,075	3,353	$60.8k	$114.0k
2020–21	1,670	7,203	−5,533	1,036	3,753	$66.9k	$113.9k
2021–22	1,600	7,582	−5,982	1,027	4,005	$67.1k	$124.6k
2022–23 †	1,760	6,585	−4,825	1,161	3,650	$68.3k	$106.5k

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

Cite this comparison

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