Moving Companies in South Kensington, MD
In South Kensington and the rest of Montgomery County, local movers bill by the hour, and how long the job takes depends heavily on crew size versus your home size. A studio or one-bedroom typically needs 2 movers at $90 to $150 per hour, wrapping up in 2 to 4 hours for a total of $300 to $600. A 2-to-3 bedroom home usually needs 3 movers at $130 to $220 per hour, running 5 to 8 hours for $800 to $1,800 or more. A larger 4-plus bedroom home needs 4 or more movers at $200 to $350-plus per hour, often landing between $1,500 and $3,000-plus depending on volume.
Timing shapes the bill more than people expect. A smaller crew moving a big house takes longer and can end up costing about the same as a larger crew moving faster — so matching crew size to your load matters as much as the hourly rate. If you're weighing a DIY truck rental instead, local base rates run $60 to $130, but you take on the labor and the risk of a longer day yourself.
The listings below cover movers who regularly work this part of Montgomery County, worth a look before you settle on a crew size and schedule.
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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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