Tennessee vs West Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Tennessee. In 2022–23, 196 more people moved from West Virginia to Tennessee than the other way.

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West Virginia → Tennessee956 people

Arrivals' income: $53.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Tennessee → West Virginia760 people

Leavers' income: $48.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

1,716 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 West Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Tennessee and West Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+153
2014–15 †	+138
2015–16	+264
2016–17 †	+337
2017–18	+221
2018–19	+230
2019–20	+118
2020–21	+128
2021–22	+141
2022–23 †	+153

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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West Virginia

Net change, all states: +3,137
Moved in · moved out: 36,521 · 33,384
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $58.5k · $60.5k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between West 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	993	638	+355	484	331	$44.4k	$39.6k
2014–15 †	755	445	+310	367	229	$43.1k	$46.1k
2015–16	1,108	584	+524	564	300	$52.6k	$44.4k
2016–17 †	1,553	859	+694	776	439	$51.2k	$46.2k
2017–18	1,145	768	+377	601	380	$52.7k	$47.3k
2018–19	1,081	579	+502	567	337	$62.4k	$44.7k
2019–20	1,042	865	+177	568	450	$58.8k	$51.5k
2020–21	1,048	766	+282	564	436	$55.7k	$41.6k
2021–22	975	731	+244	545	404	$64.7k	$58.5k
2022–23 †	956	760	+196	579	426	$53.4k	$48.9k

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

Cite this comparison

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