New Jersey vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 6,077 more people moved from New Jersey to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → New Jersey5,331 people

Arrivals' income: $95.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

New Jersey → Texas11,408 people

Leavers' income: $112.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

16,739 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between New Jersey and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−3,098
2014–15 †	−1,530
2015–16	−1,686
2016–17 †	−2,482
2017–18	−1,970
2018–19	−1,828
2019–20	−2,467
2020–21	−3,222
2021–22	−3,817
2022–23 †	−2,907

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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Texas

Net change, all states: +112,481
Moved in · moved out: 553,369 · 440,888
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $83.6k · $80.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Texas 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	4,742	12,123	−7,381	2,392	5,490	$74.0k	$74.6k
2014–15 †	5,543	8,431	−2,888	2,624	4,154	$72.8k	$82.1k
2015–16	5,990	10,038	−4,048	3,008	4,694	$83.8k	$111.7k
2016–17 †	6,593	12,642	−6,049	3,420	5,902	$79.4k	$96.3k
2017–18	5,227	9,507	−4,280	2,750	4,720	$76.7k	$97.8k
2018–19	5,010	9,250	−4,240	2,754	4,582	$182.6k	$98.7k
2019–20	4,987	10,613	−5,626	2,684	5,151	$84.1k	$102.2k
2020–21	4,760	11,706	−6,946	2,648	5,870	$86.3k	$119.7k
2021–22	5,024	13,103	−8,079	2,879	6,696	$101.6k	$121.4k
2022–23 †	5,331	11,408	−6,077	3,152	6,059	$95.5k	$112.1k

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

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