Rhode Island vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

Name: Rhode Island vs Virginia: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward Virginia. In 2022–23, 82 more people moved from Rhode Island to Virginia than the other way.

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Virginia → Rhode Island787 people

Arrivals' income: $99.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Rhode Island → Virginia869 people

Leavers' income: $86.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

1,656 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 Rhode Island every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Rhode Island and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	−59
2014–15 †	−33
2015–16	−80
2016–17 †	−160
2017–18	−97
2018–19	−72
2019–20	−53
2020–21	−55
2021–22	−73
2022–23 †	−43

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

The two states overall

Rhode Island

Net change, all states: −1,068
Moved in · moved out: 27,055 · 28,123
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $82.6k · $79.9k

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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.

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Moves between Virginia and Rhode Island, 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	784	968	−184	364	423	$70.5k	$67.9k
2014–15 †	527	582	−55	273	306	$61.9k	$60.2k
2015–16	820	1,068	−248	376	456	$71.7k	$77.0k
2016–17 †	1,111	1,443	−332	504	664	$82.6k	$75.7k
2017–18	698	934	−236	358	455	$74.5k	$75.9k
2018–19	702	865	−163	355	427	$78.7k	$68.9k
2019–20	865	965	−100	400	453	$88.3k	$96.0k
2020–21	741	857	−116	389	444	$99.7k	$73.0k
2021–22	696	925	−229	377	450	$96.1k	$83.2k
2022–23 †	787	869	−82	415	458	$99.1k	$86.3k

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Cite this comparison

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