North Carolina vs Wisconsin: which way are people moving?

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

Toward North Carolina. In 2022–23, 767 more people moved from Wisconsin to North Carolina than the other way.

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Wisconsin → North Carolina2,606 people

Arrivals' income: $85.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

North Carolina → Wisconsin1,839 people

Leavers' income: $70.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

4,445 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 Wisconsin every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between North Carolina and Wisconsin (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+359
2014–15 †	+195
2015–16	+485
2016–17 †	+432
2017–18	+375
2018–19	+422
2019–20	+385
2020–21	+485
2021–22	+567
2022–23 †	+452

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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Wisconsin

Net change, all states: +2,753
Moved in · moved out: 89,800 · 87,047
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $72.4k · $74.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Wisconsin 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	2,216	1,609	+607	1,157	798	$61.1k	$54.2k
2014–15 †	1,562	1,139	+423	820	625	$58.2k	$48.6k
2015–16	2,579	1,650	+929	1,329	844	$73.4k	$71.2k
2016–17 †	3,419	2,525	+894	1,683	1,251	$75.6k	$62.3k
2017–18	2,356	1,634	+722	1,244	869	$80.6k	$61.2k
2018–19	2,329	1,605	+724	1,288	866	$75.6k	$62.0k
2019–20	2,588	1,855	+733	1,359	974	$78.7k	$61.2k
2020–21	2,606	1,715	+891	1,423	938	$92.1k	$69.2k
2021–22	2,869	1,721	+1,148	1,572	1,005	$89.2k	$73.8k
2022–23 †	2,606	1,839	+767	1,541	1,089	$85.1k	$70.3k

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

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