Oregon vs Washington: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Washington. In 2022–23, 5,015 more people moved from Oregon to Washington than the other way.

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Washington → Oregon18,883 people

Arrivals' income: $72.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Oregon → Washington23,898 people

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

42,781 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Washington than to Oregon every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Oregon and Washington (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−1,666
2014–15 †	−1,587
2015–16	−2,277
2016–17 †	−3,737
2017–18	−2,230
2018–19	−2,496
2019–20	−2,307
2020–21	−3,540
2021–22	−3,522
2022–23 †	−3,127

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

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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Washington

Net change, all states: −29
Moved in · moved out: 192,628 · 192,657
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $89.9k · $100.1k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Washington 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	19,713	23,972	−4,259	10,765	12,431	$49.9k	$52.2k
2014–15 †	15,039	19,158	−4,119	8,432	10,019	$47.8k	$52.8k
2015–16	20,756	26,358	−5,602	11,642	13,919	$56.4k	$57.6k
2016–17 †	27,212	35,028	−7,816	15,164	18,901	$58.6k	$62.3k
2017–18	21,254	25,651	−4,397	12,435	14,665	$62.3k	$64.2k
2018–19	20,067	24,940	−4,873	11,935	14,431	$73.0k	$71.3k
2019–20	21,515	26,027	−4,512	12,794	15,101	$71.8k	$73.2k
2020–21	20,297	26,551	−6,254	12,541	16,081	$69.5k	$82.9k
2021–22	19,487	25,470	−5,983	12,358	15,880	$80.9k	$101.5k
2022–23 †	18,883	23,898	−5,015	12,212	15,339	$72.8k	$89.7k

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

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