Moving Companies in Potomac, MD
A typical Potomac move runs $100 to $150+ per hour for a two-to-three mover crew, with the total shaped by home size, the 495/I-270 traffic pattern, and how strict the neighborhood is about truck access.
A studio or one-bedroom usually falls between $450 and $900, about three to five hours of work. A two-to-three-bedroom townhouse runs $1,100 to $2,300 over six to nine hours, and a four-bedroom-plus house can reach $2,500 to $4,000 or beyond. Moving out of state shifts pricing to weight and mileage, typically $3,500 to $6,000 or more.
Local crews also add a travel fee, often a flat hour or double the drive time, to cover getting to and from their base. Many Potomac neighborhoods and HOAs restrict truck size or street blockage, so confirm the rules before moving day; a mover ticketed for poor planning passes those extra hours on to you.
Basic carrier coverage is thin, about $0.60 per pound per item, so a forty-pound television worth $2,000 would only be covered for $24 if it breaks - worth checking your own homeowners or renters policy, or buying full-value protection. Crews are typically tipped $20 to $40 each for a half day, or $50 to $80 for a full day.
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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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