Tennessee vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Tennessee. In 2022–23, 1,192 more people moved from Virginia to Tennessee than the other way.

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Virginia → Tennessee7,627 people

Arrivals' income: $77.5k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Tennessee → Virginia6,435 people

Leavers' income: $64.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

14,062 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

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

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Tennessee and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+712
2014–15 †	+589
2015–16	+934
2016–17 †	+1,224
2017–18	+704
2018–19	+788
2019–20	+994
2020–21	+1,035
2021–22	+970
2022–23 †	+734

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

The two states overall

Tennessee

Net change, all states: +42,899
Moved in · moved out: 198,430 · 155,531
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $79.4k · $70.1k

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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 Tennessee, 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	7,313	5,976	+1,337	3,613	2,901	$56.5k	$48.5k
2014–15 †	4,938	3,977	+961	2,689	2,100	$47.6k	$52.6k
2015–16	7,421	5,530	+1,891	3,793	2,859	$60.6k	$62.9k
2016–17 †	10,408	7,987	+2,421	5,125	3,901	$64.0k	$56.4k
2017–18	7,408	6,384	+1,024	3,927	3,223	$65.8k	$54.7k
2018–19	7,475	6,092	+1,383	3,924	3,136	$69.3k	$59.5k
2019–20	8,277	6,350	+1,927	4,197	3,203	$72.6k	$64.4k
2020–21	8,099	6,013	+2,086	4,285	3,250	$87.8k	$64.6k
2021–22	8,036	6,160	+1,876	4,385	3,415	$82.6k	$70.2k
2022–23 †	7,627	6,435	+1,192	4,371	3,637	$77.5k	$64.9k

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

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