Married homeowners earning between $100,000 and $500,000 are leaving New York at the highest volume of any income group, and a new state tool lets residents see the trend for themselves.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released an interactive taxpayer migration dashboard on Sunday, July 12, drawing on Department of Taxation and Finance records to show how many personal income tax filers move into and out of New York each year. The data confirms a pattern that has held every year since 2015: more filers leave than arrive.

In the most recent data year available, 2024, a total of 134,913 filers left the state while 121,251 moved in. That's a net loss of 13,662 taxpayers, roughly 1 in every 1,000 resident filers.

The sharpest losses by volume came from married filers in the $100,000 to $500,000 income bracket. That group accounted for a net loss of 8,200 filers, more than half the total out-migration. At higher incomes, the rate of departure steepens further: filers earning more than $500,000 left at a rate of 1 in every 100 resident filers in 2024.

For Westchester County communities where median household incomes and home values place many families in those brackets, the numbers carry weight.

"I remain very concerned about the net loss of married, middle-class filers, and urge policymakers to continue their efforts to improve affordability for New York's families," DiNapoli said in a statement accompanying the release.

Westchester County carries the highest average single-family home property tax bill in the nation at $18,386 per year, according to ATTOM data. The Tax Foundation also ranks Westchester among the counties with the highest median property tax payments nationally.

Personal income taxes account for more than half of all state tax revenue collected. When filers leave, the pressure on remaining taxpayers and local budgets grows. Scarsdale's median home price sits at approximately $1.8 million, with median household income exceeding $250,000, according to a June 2026 Westchester market analysis. Many families in Scarsdale, Bronxville, and Eastchester fall squarely into the married middle-class bracket that is driving the largest share of departures.

The dashboard is not all bad news. DiNapoli noted that the 2020 pandemic spike in departures was "an aberration" and that out-migration slowed considerably by 2024, falling well below pre-pandemic levels. A separate Placer.ai migration report published Wednesday, July 8, found New York's net out-migration rate moderated from 1.1% of population in 2022 to 0.2% in both 2024 and 2025.

Single filers have shown net in-migration to New York every year since 2022, a positive post-pandemic trend the comptroller highlighted.

The tool allows filtering by filing status and income level and will be updated annually. It tracks part-year resident filers, those whose tax returns show they moved during the year. That group made up 2% of all state filers in 2024.

The comptroller's office notes that net out-migration of tax filers does not equal total population gained or lost. The dashboard does not appear to offer county-level breakdowns, so Westchester-specific numbers are not available from this tool.

No Scarsdale, Bronxville, or Eastchester officials have commented publicly on the dashboard. The Bronxville Beacon has reached out to local village and town officials for reaction.

Residents can explore the dashboard at osc.ny.gov/reports/taxpayer-migration.