North Carolina vs Tennessee: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Tennessee. In 2022–23, 561 more people moved from North Carolina to Tennessee than the other way.

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Tennessee → North Carolina8,140 people

Arrivals' income: $75.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

North Carolina → Tennessee8,701 people

Leavers' income: $72.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

16,841 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between North Carolina and Tennessee (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−380
2014–15 †	−138
2015–16	−322
2016–17 †	−524
2017–18	−321
2018–19	−225
2019–20	−302
2020–21	−863
2021–22	−433
2022–23 †	−262

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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Tennessee

Net change, all states: +42,899
Moved in · moved out: 198,430 · 155,531
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.4k · $70.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Tennessee 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	6,943	7,965	−1,022	3,549	3,929	$49.5k	$57.1k
2014–15 †	5,018	5,519	−501	2,736	2,874	$49.4k	$50.4k
2015–16	7,252	7,891	−639	3,718	4,040	$54.2k	$56.3k
2016–17 †	10,108	11,405	−1,297	5,125	5,649	$61.8k	$60.9k
2017–18	7,828	8,537	−709	4,110	4,431	$61.6k	$61.3k
2018–19	7,353	7,751	−398	3,926	4,151	$62.9k	$62.7k
2019–20	8,021	8,823	−802	4,351	4,653	$64.6k	$64.1k
2020–21	7,647	9,454	−1,807	4,248	5,111	$68.2k	$64.7k
2021–22	8,332	9,022	−690	4,690	5,123	$74.5k	$88.5k
2022–23 †	8,140	8,701	−561	4,796	5,058	$75.1k	$72.3k

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

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