Ohio vs West Virginia: which way are people moving?

Toward Ohio. In 2022–23, 743 more people moved from West Virginia to Ohio than the other way.

West Virginia → Ohio5,442 people

Arrivals' income: $50.2k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Ohio → West Virginia4,699 people

Leavers' income: $45.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

10,141 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 West Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+45222–23†††
Net moves between Ohio and West Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+326
2014–15 †+369
2015–16+665
2016–17 †+1,130
2017–18+669
2018–19+622
2019–20+392
2020–21+471
2021–22+557
2022–23 †+452

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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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.

Every year, in full

Moves between West Virginia 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)
2013–145,6364,992+6442,9252,599$37.6k$33.7k
2014–15 †4,3753,713+6622,3772,008$37.0k$36.4k
2015–165,8154,520+1,2953,0482,383$33.6k$39.1k
2016–17 †7,9755,778+2,1974,1323,002$44.4k$40.1k
2017–185,6554,636+1,0193,1142,445$41.4k$40.3k
2018–195,5674,309+1,2583,0062,384$44.2k$40.6k
2019–205,8905,062+8283,1082,716$46.3k$41.3k
2020–215,5544,712+8423,1932,722$42.9k$42.2k
2021–225,5264,510+1,0163,1842,627$61.5k$43.1k
2022–23 †5,4424,699+7433,1572,705$50.2k$45.3k

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

Cite this comparison

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