Pennsylvania vs Texas: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 2,997 more people moved from Pennsylvania to Texas than the other way.

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Texas → Pennsylvania8,017 people

Arrivals' income: $87.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Pennsylvania → Texas11,014 people

Leavers' income: $93.8k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

19,031 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Pennsylvania and Texas (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−2,945
2014–15 †	−936
2015–16	−1,341
2016–17 †	−1,575
2017–18	−811
2018–19	−1,022
2019–20	−1,323
2020–21	−1,439
2021–22	−2,385
2022–23 †	−1,719

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

The two states overall

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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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 Pennsylvania, 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	6,988	12,702	−5,714	3,569	6,514	$68.0k	$60.4k
2014–15 †	7,013	8,509	−1,496	3,670	4,606	$49.2k	$60.7k
2015–16	8,153	10,913	−2,760	4,214	5,555	$71.1k	$87.6k
2016–17 †	10,191	13,437	−3,246	5,222	6,797	$75.7k	$87.9k
2017–18	8,123	9,533	−1,410	4,209	5,020	$79.7k	$82.9k
2018–19	7,557	9,258	−1,701	3,969	4,991	$89.9k	$83.1k
2019–20	8,069	10,435	−2,366	4,161	5,484	$80.0k	$84.7k
2020–21	7,876	10,623	−2,747	4,351	5,790	$78.7k	$84.5k
2021–22	7,541	11,940	−4,399	4,295	6,680	$84.3k	$93.3k
2022–23 †	8,017	11,014	−2,997	4,630	6,349	$87.1k	$93.8k

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