North Carolina vs West Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 597 more people moved from West Virginia to North Carolina than the other way.

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West Virginia → North Carolina2,470 people

Arrivals' income: $62.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

North Carolina → West Virginia1,873 people

Leavers' income: $49.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,343 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 West Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between North Carolina and West Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+474
2014–15 †	+330
2015–16	+684
2016–17 †	+1,044
2017–18	+633
2018–19	+668
2019–20	+509
2020–21	+409
2021–22	+362
2022–23 †	+407

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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West Virginia

Net change, all states: +3,137
Moved in · moved out: 36,521 · 33,384
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $58.5k · $60.5k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between West 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	2,766	1,901	+865	1,409	935	$42.8k	$38.8k
2014–15 †	1,906	1,338	+568	1,030	700	$42.3k	$33.6k
2015–16	3,010	1,718	+1,292	1,556	872	$49.0k	$46.7k
2016–17 †	4,160	2,202	+1,958	2,156	1,112	$52.2k	$46.0k
2017–18	3,002	1,803	+1,199	1,588	955	$53.9k	$45.0k
2018–19	2,798	1,541	+1,257	1,508	840	$52.0k	$39.3k
2019–20	2,895	1,906	+989	1,518	1,009	$54.8k	$44.2k
2020–21	2,535	1,912	+623	1,452	1,043	$59.2k	$45.5k
2021–22	2,476	1,985	+491	1,464	1,102	$56.7k	$51.3k
2022–23 †	2,470	1,873	+597	1,487	1,080	$62.8k	$49.6k

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

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