Who's moving to Massachusetts

Where households are arriving from and leaving for, county by county — built on official federal tax-filer data, not marketing estimates.

-15,378 net households from other states

Arrived from other states

83,296

households, 2022-2023

Left for other states

98,674

households, 2022-2023

Moved within Massachusetts

99,081

households changed county, stayed in state

-15,378 net households — For every 100 households that arrived from another state, about 118 left. Massachusetts is a net loser to other states. The pace has held steady over five years. Another 1,832 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years

Every move in or out of Massachusetts, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.

-14,890

18–19

-20,434

19–20

-25,277

20–21

-26,326

21–22

-16,948

22–23

Every county at a glance.
Gained households from other states
Lost households to other states
Circle size — households that moved in or out.
Cambridge · Middlesex County — the busiest moving market in Massachusetts.

Where Massachusetts is gaining from other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Boston Suffolk County +1,657

#3,064 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Nantucket Nantucket County +12

#2,166 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Where Massachusetts is losing to other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Cambridge Middlesex County -3,459

Worcester Worcester County -3,235

Lynn Essex County -2,956

Quincy Norfolk County -1,816

Brockton Plymouth County -1,634

New Bedford Bristol County -1,379

Springfield Hampden County -1,369

Barnstable Barnstable County -630

Which states Massachusetts trades households with

Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows ranked by total volume. The IRS publishes only each county's largest partner states, so smaller streams are left out and these totals run below the headline figures.

New York -682

8,348 in

9,030 out

New Hampshire -3,850

6,133 in

9,983 out

Florida -4,227

5,791 in

10,018 out

California -1,272

5,201 in

6,473 out

Connecticut +451

5,939 in

5,488 out

Rhode Island -1,329

4,976 in

6,305 out

Households arriving in Massachusetts from another state report $89,890 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $116,609. Departures out-earn arrivals — Massachusetts is losing its higher earners.

Arriving from another state$89,890

Leaving for another state$116,609

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City-level breakdowns

Every city page has its own migration section — who's arriving, from how far, and what kind of mover that calls for.

Cambridge Boston Quincy Lynn Worcester Brockton New Bedford Springfield Amherst Pittsfield Greenfield Nantucket

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The headline figures and county lists count moves that crossed a state line; the five-year chart counts every move, including from abroad. The data publishes annually with about a two-year lag, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 16% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 14 of Massachusetts's counties have published data.