South Carolina vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

Name: South Carolina vs Virginia: which way are people moving?
Creator: Moved Where

Toward South Carolina. In 2022–23, 2,377 more people moved from Virginia to South Carolina than the other way.

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Virginia → South Carolina8,853 people

Arrivals' income: $103.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

South Carolina → Virginia6,476 people

Leavers' income: $68.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

15,329 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between South Carolina and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+1,105
2014–15 †	+661
2015–16	+995
2016–17 †	+1,505
2017–18	+867
2018–19	+722
2019–20	+1,168
2020–21	+1,377
2021–22	+1,295
2022–23 †	+1,179

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

The two states overall

South Carolina

Net change, all states: +59,102
Moved in · moved out: 178,163 · 119,061
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $88.5k · $66.6k

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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 South Carolina, 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	7,785	5,409	+2,376	3,894	2,789	$69.0k	$48.1k
2014–15 †	4,834	3,634	+1,200	2,633	1,972	$69.7k	$47.1k
2015–16	7,698	5,547	+2,151	3,910	2,915	$78.5k	$53.9k
2016–17 †	11,857	8,454	+3,403	5,741	4,236	$82.9k	$57.4k
2017–18	8,110	6,093	+2,017	4,131	3,264	$85.2k	$56.4k
2018–19	7,741	6,117	+1,624	3,982	3,260	$99.9k	$59.2k
2019–20	9,266	6,609	+2,657	4,633	3,465	$98.8k	$62.2k
2020–21	9,369	6,316	+3,053	4,902	3,525	$104.7k	$63.9k
2021–22	9,205	6,449	+2,756	4,967	3,672	$113.1k	$72.7k
2022–23 †	8,853	6,476	+2,377	4,896	3,717	$103.4k	$68.5k

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

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