Moving Companies in Bethesda, MD
Bethesda moves are priced against the backdrop of DC-area traffic and tight parking, on top of the usual hourly or flat-rate structure.
| Home size | Typical total | Crew / hours |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1 bedroom | $300 - $800 | 2 movers, 3-5 hrs |
| 2-3 bedroom / townhouse | $900 - $2,200 | 3-4 movers, 5-8 hrs |
| 4+ bedroom house | $2,300 - $4,000+ | Larger crew, full day |
By the hour, a 2-mover crew runs $120 to $180, and a 3-to-4-mover crew runs $160 to $250 or more. Costs climb further for heavy specialty items like pianos or fine art, long walks from your door to the truck, extra flights of stairs, or booking during peak season from May through September. Ask how the estimate handles metered street parking and any building or HOA rules on moving hours, since those add time a generic quote might not account for. It's also common in the DMV area to tip movers $20 to $50 per person for a full day's work, separate from the cost of the move itself.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Montgomery County.
66% arrived from another state. Long-haul moves need a carrier with active interstate operating authority — plenty of local companies don't hold one.
See licensed movers51% of departures stayed under 50 miles. Short local moves are usually priced by the hour, so a regional company is often the cheaper call.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $111,234 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Maryland report $70,650. Long-distance arrivals are the higher-budget half of the market.
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 catch: it publishes annually with about a two-year lag, counts Montgomery County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 15% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets instead. See the whole state on the Maryland migration page →
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