New Jersey vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

Toward Virginia. In 2022–23, 2,766 more people moved from New Jersey to Virginia than the other way.

Virginia → New Jersey4,139 people

Arrivals' income: $90.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

New Jersey → Virginia6,905 people

Leavers' income: $85.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

11,044 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,66022–23†††
Net moves between New Jersey and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,155
2014–15 †−1,107
2015–16−1,357
2016–17 †−1,935
2017–18−1,487
2018–19−1,382
2019–20−1,402
2020–21−1,460
2021–22−1,503
2022–23 †−1,660

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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Virginia

Net change, all states
−42
Moved in · moved out
230,220 · 230,262
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$82.3k · $89.3k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Virginia and New Jersey, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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PeopleHouseholdsAvg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–144,4326,519−2,0872,3993,554$66.8k$68.7k
2014–15 †2,8604,887−2,0271,6582,765$60.9k$69.5k
2015–164,0816,624−2,5432,2443,601$72.9k$76.2k
2016–17 †5,8009,669−3,8693,1495,084$73.1k$79.5k
2017–184,3427,152−2,8102,4813,968$72.4k$78.5k
2018–194,3556,723−2,3682,4613,843$75.1k$87.7k
2019–204,2957,194−2,8992,5243,926$80.5k$88.5k
2020–213,9946,744−2,7502,4783,938$83.9k$89.4k
2021–224,1716,926−2,7552,5924,095$102.1k$89.1k
2022–23 †4,1396,905−2,7662,6364,296$90.9k$85.8k

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

Cite this comparison

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