Moving Companies in Laurel, MD
Laurel-area local rates span $48 to $144 per hour per mover, depending on timing and job complexity. The average sits around $96 an hour, with a two-to-three-person crew scaling that total upward.
A full local move typically totals $600 to $2,300 or more, depending on home size. Long-distance or cross-country moves start around $1,000 and can reach $4,800 or beyond, since pricing shifts to total weight rather than hours worked.
Pricing usually comes in one of two forms depending on the company: a straight hourly rate, or a flat estimate based on a walkthrough of your inventory - ask which one you are being quoted before comparing offers.
Crew size matters as much as the hourly number: a two-person team costs less per hour but takes longer on a full household, while a larger crew finishes faster at a higher hourly rate, so the total can end up similar either way.
Off-peak, straightforward jobs land at the low end of these ranges. Urgent, weekend, or high-volume moves push toward the top, and long-distance movers price by the weight of your shipment rather than by the hour, so an accurate inventory count upfront keeps the final bill close to the original estimate.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Prince George's County.
59% 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 movers66% 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 $59,632 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Maryland report $59,368. 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 Prince George's County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 14% 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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