Texas vs Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 3,030 more people moved from Virginia to Texas than the other way.

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Virginia → Texas17,038 people

Arrivals' income: $90.9k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas → Virginia14,008 people

Leavers' income: $85.4k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

31,046 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 Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Texas and Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+3,044
2014–15 †	+1,184
2015–16	+1,962
2016–17 †	+1,286
2017–18	+798
2018–19	+1,242
2019–20	+1,531
2020–21	+1,956
2021–22	+1,866
2022–23 †	+1,483

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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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 Texas, 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	19,584	12,803	+6,781	9,031	5,987	$70.6k	$72.3k
2014–15 †	12,482	9,622	+2,860	6,121	4,937	$76.7k	$56.1k
2015–16	18,461	13,981	+4,480	8,572	6,610	$95.1k	$75.6k
2016–17 †	22,569	18,710	+3,859	10,160	8,874	$78.5k	$72.4k
2017–18	16,026	14,155	+1,871	7,722	6,924	$75.2k	$72.2k
2018–19	15,840	12,989	+2,851	7,745	6,503	$82.7k	$77.3k
2019–20	17,662	13,795	+3,867	8,316	6,785	$84.5k	$77.1k
2020–21	17,803	13,544	+4,259	8,926	6,970	$91.9k	$81.5k
2021–22	18,001	13,895	+4,106	9,281	7,415	$101.8k	$96.7k
2022–23 †	17,038	14,008	+3,030	9,124	7,641	$90.9k	$85.4k

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

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