Texas vs West Virginia: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 81 more people moved from West Virginia to Texas than the other way.

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West Virginia → Texas1,253 people

Arrivals' income: $72.1k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas → West Virginia1,172 people

Leavers' income: $64.7k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

2,425 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 West Virginia every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Texas and West Virginia (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+342
2014–15 †	+96
2015–16	+146
2016–17 †	+183
2017–18	+189
2018–19	+192
2019–20	+98
2020–21	+100
2021–22	+101
2022–23 †	+111

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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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.

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Moves between West 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	1,691	1,072	+619	863	521	$50.5k	$49.9k
2014–15 †	1,120	984	+136	622	526	$55.1k	$49.0k
2015–16	1,507	1,137	+370	714	568	$62.4k	$54.4k
2016–17 †	1,742	1,337	+405	819	636	$70.0k	$59.1k
2017–18	1,326	932	+394	648	459	$64.8k	$64.9k
2018–19	1,281	956	+325	654	462	$78.2k	$64.5k
2019–20	1,192	1,137	+55	634	536	$67.4k	$75.8k
2020–21	1,253	1,049	+204	646	546	$79.8k	$62.0k
2021–22	1,283	1,184	+99	708	607	$77.8k	$74.0k
2022–23 †	1,253	1,172	+81	711	600	$72.1k	$64.7k

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

Cite this comparison

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