For instance, 91 people moved from Champaign County to the Washington, D.C., metro area between 2009 to 2010, and their average adjusted gross income was $41,046. Meanwhile, 206 people from Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis) moved to Champaign County, with average incomes of $24,766. Trades like that resulted in “[t]he average income of taxpayers who moved out of Champaign County between 2009 and 2010 was about $4,000 higher than the income of those who moved into Champaign County during the same time,” according to Dan Petrella’s article.
Interesting stuff.