Pennsylvania vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

Toward Virginia. In 2022–23, 1,254 more people moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia than the other way.

Virginia → Pennsylvania8,802 people

Arrivals' income: $82.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Pennsylvania → Virginia10,056 people

Leavers' income: $76.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

18,858 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−92822–23†††
Net moves between Pennsylvania and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−760
2014–15 †−886
2015–16−992
2016–17 †−851
2017–18−773
2018–19−487
2019–20−529
2020–21−604
2021–22−724
2022–23 †−928

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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Virginia

Net change, all states
−42
Moved in · moved out
230,220 · 230,262
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$82.3k · $89.3k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Virginia and Pennsylvania, 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)
2013–148,7079,532−8254,7755,535$62.6k$55.0k
2014–15 †5,5466,742−1,1963,2174,103$61.4k$58.1k
2015–168,5149,923−1,4094,7435,735$72.5k$69.5k
2016–17 †12,31713,301−9846,7407,591$72.4k$62.7k
2017–188,9089,842−9345,0545,827$70.9k$65.2k
2018–198,7189,225−5075,0345,521$75.3k$67.7k
2019–209,3399,980−6415,3135,842$78.8k$71.0k
2020–218,9959,726−7315,3145,918$82.3k$73.9k
2021–229,17010,147−9775,5506,274$88.2k$78.7k
2022–23 †8,80210,056−1,2545,5586,486$82.4k$76.1k

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

Cite this comparison

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