North Carolina vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?

Name: North Carolina vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 4,545 more people moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina than the other way.

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Pennsylvania → North Carolina11,748 people

Arrivals' income: $80.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

North Carolina → Pennsylvania7,203 people

Leavers' income: $65.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

18,951 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 Pennsylvania every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between North Carolina and Pennsylvania (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+1,826
2014–15 †	+1,266
2015–16	+2,568
2016–17 †	+3,313
2017–18	+2,274
2018–19	+2,052
2019–20	+2,178
2020–21	+2,804
2021–22	+2,990
2022–23 †	+2,734

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

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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.

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Moves between Pennsylvania and North Carolina, 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	9,986	6,855	+3,131	5,362	3,536	$58.3k	$52.9k
2014–15 †	6,775	4,484	+2,291	3,764	2,498	$55.6k	$48.0k
2015–16	11,457	6,670	+4,787	6,078	3,510	$65.4k	$61.7k
2016–17 †	15,750	9,373	+6,377	8,232	4,919	$73.1k	$63.0k
2017–18	11,134	6,836	+4,298	6,009	3,735	$71.5k	$55.2k
2018–19	10,518	6,710	+3,808	5,764	3,712	$71.5k	$62.1k
2019–20	11,566	7,480	+4,086	6,229	4,051	$76.3k	$58.9k
2020–21	12,257	6,927	+5,330	6,816	4,012	$76.1k	$60.9k
2021–22	12,497	7,183	+5,314	7,149	4,159	$83.1k	$65.5k
2022–23 †	11,748	7,203	+4,545	7,061	4,327	$80.3k	$65.3k

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