Oregon vs Texas: which way are people moving?

Name: Oregon vs Texas: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 1,849 more people moved from Oregon to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Oregon5,318 people

Arrivals' income: $75.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Oregon → Texas7,167 people

Leavers' income: $89.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

12,485 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

No. Earlier years include zero, missing or mixed totals. Since 2019–20, more have moved to Texas.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Oregon and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−196
2014–15 †	+258
2015–16	+973
2016–17 †	+785
2017–18	+266
2018–19	+96
2019–20	−377
2020–21	−1,604
2021–22	−1,538
2022–23 †	−683

IRS processing changes in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. The 2019–20 turn falls between them.

The two states overall

Oregon

Net change, all states: −4,774
Moved in · moved out: 98,688 · 103,462
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $74.8k · $82.1k

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Texas

Net change, all states: +112,481
Moved in · moved out: 553,369 · 440,888
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $83.6k · $80.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Texas and Oregon, 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	4,166	4,807	−641	2,240	2,436	$57.1k	$54.2k
2014–15 †	3,654	3,182	+472	2,001	1,743	$56.1k	$50.4k
2015–16	5,628	4,142	+1,486	3,115	2,142	$56.8k	$59.0k
2016–17 †	7,222	6,031	+1,191	3,840	3,055	$67.8k	$67.4k
2017–18	5,117	4,913	+204	2,876	2,610	$63.3k	$82.3k
2018–19	4,825	4,995	−170	2,795	2,699	$74.4k	$70.0k
2019–20	5,091	6,109	−1,018	2,810	3,187	$75.0k	$91.8k
2020–21	4,670	8,776	−4,106	2,806	4,410	$74.0k	$72.1k
2021–22	5,224	9,108	−3,884	3,198	4,736	$94.2k	$98.3k
2022–23 †	5,318	7,167	−1,849	3,335	4,018	$75.7k	$89.7k

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

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Moved Where. “Oregon vs Texas: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/oregon-vs-texas. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.