North Carolina vs Ohio: which way are people moving?

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 2,585 more people moved from Ohio to North Carolina than the other way.

Ohio → North Carolina8,388 people

Arrivals' income: $77.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

North Carolina → Ohio5,803 people

Leavers' income: $61.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

14,191 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to North Carolina than to Ohio every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,63822–23†††
Net moves between North Carolina and Ohio (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,137
2014–15 †+840
2015–16+1,674
2016–17 †+1,939
2017–18+1,494
2018–19+1,242
2019–20+1,401
2020–21+1,405
2021–22+1,707
2022–23 †+1,638

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

The two states overall

North Carolina

Net change, all states
+69,108
Moved in · moved out
295,243 · 226,135
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$80.2k · $74.3k
North Carolina page →

Ohio

Net change, all states
−6,312
Moved in · moved out
155,049 · 161,361
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$67.2k · $78.1k
Ohio page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Ohio and North Carolina, 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)
2013–148,2226,411+1,8114,3283,191$56.2k$47.3k
2014–15 †5,4044,104+1,3003,0262,186$54.8k$50.4k
2015–169,1596,159+3,0004,8243,150$66.0k$51.6k
2016–17 †12,3998,876+3,5236,4174,478$70.0k$55.1k
2017–188,7016,280+2,4214,7213,227$71.3k$55.2k
2018–198,0775,984+2,0934,4143,172$81.2k$54.7k
2019–208,6596,320+2,3394,6803,279$71.5k$60.5k
2020–218,5755,967+2,6084,7973,392$82.4k$57.5k
2021–228,7806,044+2,7365,1373,430$80.1k$66.1k
2022–23 †8,3885,803+2,5855,0263,388$77.8k$61.6k

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

Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “North Carolina vs Ohio: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/north-carolina-vs-ohio. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.