Moving Companies in Madison, WI
When you move in Madison affects both price and hassle. Local moves under 100 miles run $508 to $3,042 total, billed at $121 to $332 an hour for a standard crew and truck. Roughly: a studio or one-bedroom totals $330 to $629, a two-bedroom $582 to $895, a three-to-four-bedroom $1,176 to $2,046, and a five-plus-bedroom home $1,977 to $3,042 or more. Cross state lines or go over 100 miles and pricing shifts to weight and mileage, typically $1,545 to $8,755 or more.
If you're near downtown, campus, the Isthmus, Marquette, or Mansion Hill, parking matters as much as the calendar. Reserve a container permit or temporary parking through the city ahead of time - a truck stuck a block away means longer carries and more billed hours.
Two more things help: take apart beds, desks, and shelving yourself before the crew arrives, and clear out anything you won't keep before your estimate. Local moves are billed by time, so fewer boxes and less assembly work both trim the clock.
Comparing a few Madison-area crews against these ranges is the fastest way to spot a fair quote.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Dane 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 movers56% of departures went farther than 50 miles. Beyond that range moves are priced by weight and distance, and a state line means the carrier needs interstate authority.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Madison refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country more than replaces them. Head count stayed flat all the same — arriving households are smaller (1.37 people on average) than the ones leaving (1.45), so the city gained homes without gaining residents.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $70,365 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Wisconsin report $58,158. 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 Dane County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 25% 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 Wisconsin migration page →
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