North Carolina vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 3,907 more people moved from Virginia to North Carolina than the other way.

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Virginia → North Carolina26,310 people

Arrivals' income: $79.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

North Carolina → Virginia22,403 people

Leavers' income: $68.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

48,713 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 Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between North Carolina and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+1,852
2014–15 †	+1,520
2015–16	+3,190
2016–17 †	+4,575
2017–18	+2,843
2018–19	+2,442
2019–20	+3,751
2020–21	+3,416
2021–22	+3,486
2022–23 †	+2,549

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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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 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	24,836	21,632	+3,204	12,415	10,563	$58.6k	$47.5k
2014–15 †	17,087	14,316	+2,771	9,121	7,601	$52.3k	$43.4k
2015–16	26,491	20,499	+5,992	13,485	10,295	$63.9k	$52.0k
2016–17 †	37,643	28,543	+9,100	18,654	14,079	$67.8k	$56.6k
2017–18	26,701	21,615	+5,086	14,019	11,176	$68.9k	$54.8k
2018–19	25,363	20,916	+4,447	13,403	10,961	$70.7k	$57.8k
2019–20	29,154	22,045	+7,109	15,103	11,352	$77.4k	$63.0k
2020–21	28,366	21,874	+6,492	15,278	11,862	$78.3k	$62.2k
2021–22	27,771	21,942	+5,829	15,556	12,070	$86.3k	$72.0k
2022–23 †	26,310	22,403	+3,907	15,148	12,599	$79.4k	$68.8k

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

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