Ohio vs Pennsylvania: which way are people moving?

Toward Ohio. In 2022–23, 1,425 more people moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio than the other way.

Pennsylvania → Ohio9,789 people

Arrivals' income: $61.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Ohio → Pennsylvania8,364 people

Leavers' income: $60.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

18,153 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Ohio than to Pennsylvania every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+77622–23†††
Net moves between Ohio and Pennsylvania (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+808
2014–15 †+733
2015–16+1,295
2016–17 †+1,239
2017–18+972
2018–19+659
2019–20+613
2020–21+1,245
2021–22+1,141
2022–23 †+776

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23.

The two states overall

Ohio

Net change, all states
−6,312
Moved in · moved out
155,049 · 161,361
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$67.2k · $78.1k
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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.

Every year, in full

Moves between Pennsylvania and Ohio, 2013–14 to 2022–23. Tap a column to sort.

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PeopleHouseholdsAvg income per household (income reported on the second-year tax return)
2013–149,4827,725+1,7575,2094,401$54.0k$54.3k
2014–15 †6,4845,405+1,0793,8923,159$47.9k$51.3k
2015–1610,1887,369+2,8195,5304,235$59.6k$61.1k
2016–17 †13,21510,609+2,6067,2335,994$61.1k$64.3k
2017–189,7337,654+2,0795,5014,529$57.3k$58.0k
2018–199,2837,666+1,6175,2434,584$58.9k$63.4k
2019–209,5708,196+1,3745,3844,771$62.6k$60.9k
2020–219,9437,515+2,4285,9174,672$63.1k$60.7k
2021–2210,0617,910+2,1516,0394,898$65.5k$64.5k
2022–23 †9,7898,364+1,4256,0605,284$61.9k$60.6k

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

Cite this comparison

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