Moving Companies in Stoughton, WI
The movers below are worth a look before you commit, since Stoughton relies mostly on companies based in the wider Madison area rather than outfits headquartered in town.
What to budget
Local hourly rates run around $121 for a two-person crew, climbing to $150 to $200 or more once you need three or more movers. A studio or one-bedroom typically totals $300 to $700, while a two- or three-bedroom home lands between $800 and $2,000 or more. Across Wisconsin overall, local jobs run $634 to $4,193. Moving beyond the Stoughton and Madison area shifts to distance-and-weight pricing, generally $1,500 to $5,000 or more.
Fees to watch for
Many companies bill from the moment their truck leaves the warehouse, so ask how travel time factors into your hourly rate. Insist on a binding or binding-not-to-exceed estimate in writing rather than a verbal number that can grow on moving day. Oversized items like safes, pianos, or hot tubs often carry a surcharge if you do not mention them ahead of time. Demand is heaviest at the start and end of each month and through summer, so book three to four weeks out if you are moving then. Basic liability included by default covers only $0.60 per pound per item, so ask about full value protection for anything valuable.
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Who's moving to Stoughton, WI
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
Stoughton 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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