Texas vs Wisconsin: which way are people moving?

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

Toward Texas. In 2022–23, 1,234 more people moved from Wisconsin to Texas than the other way.

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Wisconsin → Texas6,450 people

Arrivals' income: $74.6k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Texas → Wisconsin5,216 people

Leavers' income: $66.3k avg income reported on the second-year tax return

11,666 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 Wisconsin every year since 2013–14.

Net between the two · households (tax returns)

Net moves between Texas and Wisconsin (Net between the two · households (tax returns))
Year	Value
2013–14	+1,782
2014–15 †	+830
2015–16	+557
2016–17 †	+910
2017–18	+545
2018–19	+770
2019–20	+815
2020–21	+1,171
2021–22	+1,193
2022–23 †	+725

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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Wisconsin

Net change, all states: +2,753
Moved in · moved out: 89,800 · 87,047
Arrivals' income · leavers' income (reported on the second-year tax return): $72.4k · $74.4k

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People, 2022–23, moves between states.

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Moves between Wisconsin 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	8,006	4,139	+3,867	3,815	2,033	$50.9k	$54.9k
2014–15 †	5,092	3,527	+1,565	2,633	1,803	$51.8k	$43.6k
2015–16	6,292	4,995	+1,297	3,081	2,524	$64.6k	$61.8k
2016–17 †	7,884	6,238	+1,646	3,965	3,055	$62.6k	$60.2k
2017–18	5,695	4,713	+982	2,952	2,407	$60.8k	$60.7k
2018–19	5,703	4,236	+1,467	2,980	2,210	$65.7k	$63.6k
2019–20	6,728	5,211	+1,517	3,419	2,604	$78.0k	$69.6k
2020–21	6,977	4,698	+2,279	3,735	2,564	$68.3k	$70.6k
2021–22	7,220	4,921	+2,299	3,898	2,705	$105.9k	$72.8k
2022–23 †	6,450	5,216	+1,234	3,710	2,985	$74.6k	$66.3k

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

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