Texas vs Utah: which way are people moving?

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 969 more people moved from Utah to Texas than the other way.

Utah → Texas7,251 people

Arrivals' income: $81.0k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas → Utah6,282 people

Leavers' income: $80.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

13,533 people moved between the two, one way or the other.

Has it always been this way?

Yes. More households have moved to Texas than to Utah every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+28922–23†††
Net moves between Texas and Utah (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+763
2014–15 †+301
2015–16+2
2016–17 †+235
2017–18+234
2018–19+410
2019–20+217
2020–21+463
2021–22+874
2022–23 †+289

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

The two states overall

Texas

Net change, all states
+112,481
Moved in · moved out
553,369 · 440,888
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$83.6k · $80.4k
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Utah

Net change, all states
+1,197
Moved in · moved out
80,211 · 79,014
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return)
$80.1k · $74.9k
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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

Every year, in full

Moves between Utah and Texas, 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)
2013–146,4614,465+1,9962,6141,851$53.0k$60.1k
2014–15 †4,3343,385+9491,8501,549$69.1k$57.1k
2015–165,5865,529+572,2932,291$65.1k$93.4k
2016–17 †7,9607,591+3693,2553,020$62.7k$75.4k
2017–185,9315,376+5552,5852,351$67.3k$75.9k
2018–196,1145,136+9782,7052,295$65.0k$75.7k
2019–206,6576,571+862,9142,697$67.4k$88.8k
2020–217,5356,253+1,2823,3872,924$73.6k$81.0k
2021–228,0015,883+2,1183,7872,913$85.3k$102.0k
2022–23 †7,2516,282+9693,5973,308$81.0k$80.4k

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

Cite this comparison

Moved Where. “Texas vs Utah: which way are people moving?” movedwhere.com/compare/texas-vs-utah. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.