Ohio vs South Carolina: which way are people moving?

Toward South Carolina. In 2022–23, 1,954 more people moved from Ohio to South Carolina than the other way.

South Carolina → Ohio3,205 people

Arrivals' income: $66.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Ohio → South Carolina5,159 people

Leavers' income: $87.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

8,364 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,15122–23†††
Net moves between Ohio and South Carolina (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,100
2014–15 †−666
2015–16−1,290
2016–17 †−1,620
2017–18−1,100
2018–19−1,018
2019–20−1,075
2020–21−1,224
2021–22−1,270
2022–23 †−1,151

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
Ohio page →

South Carolina

Net change, all states
+59,102
Moved in · moved out
178,163 · 119,061
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$88.5k · $66.6k
South Carolina page →

People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between South Carolina 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)
2013–142,8275,061−2,2341,5082,608$59.2k$64.5k
2014–15 †1,9923,124−1,1321,0591,725$41.5k$64.1k
2015–162,9375,435−2,4981,5392,829$49.9k$74.4k
2016–17 †4,2387,544−3,3062,1893,809$55.2k$77.7k
2017–183,1425,222−2,0801,6782,778$55.9k$73.0k
2018–193,0254,942−1,9171,6222,640$58.5k$78.7k
2019–203,2425,480−2,2381,7652,840$61.6k$88.1k
2020–213,2445,731−2,4871,8433,067$58.6k$94.6k
2021–223,2745,689−2,4151,8963,166$65.9k$97.4k
2022–23 †3,2055,159−1,9541,8923,043$66.5k$87.6k

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

Cite this comparison

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