Moving Companies in Sun Prairie, WI
Moving Costs in Sun Prairie, WI
Local crews in the Sun Prairie and Madison area bill by the hour, and the statewide average sits near $121 per mover. Most companies also enforce a short minimum, so a job of just an hour or two still costs more than the hourly rate alone.
| Item | Rate |
|---|---|
| 2-mover crew | $170–$180/hr |
| 3-mover crew | $255–$270/hr |
| Local minimum charge | $350–$500 |
| Total local move | $600–$4,200+ |
| Peak-season premium | 20–30% |
Billing usually runs portal-to-portal, so the meter starts once the crew leaves its base and keeps going until it gets back — that can add 30 to 45 minutes of drive time each way if the company is stationed elsewhere in Madison.
Basic liability coverage is limited by law to 60 cents per pound per item. A 30-pound, $1,000 television would net only $18 in a damage claim under that minimum coverage, which is why heavier or costlier items may be worth added protection.
Booking mid-week or mid-month, and having everything packed before the crew arrives, keeps hours — and the bill — from stretching longer than needed.
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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
Sun Prairie 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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