Moving Companies in Waukesha, WI
Waukesha-area moving costs follow the same pattern as the rest of Wisconsin: hourly billing for local moves, with totals scaling by home size.
- Hourly rate: averages $121 per mover, ranging roughly $85 to $170+ depending on crew size
- Studio/1-bedroom: $420 to $810 total
- 2-bedroom: $770 to $1,190 total
- 3-to-4-bedroom: $1,600 to $2,800 total
- Labor-only, if you provide the truck: around $514 total on average
- Most companies enforce a 2-hour minimum
These figures assume a local move under 100 miles. Mention your home's size, any heavy or specialty items like a piano or safe, and whether you're moving locally or long-distance when requesting quotes - each of those changes the number a company gives you.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Waukesha County.
72% arrived from elsewhere in Wisconsin. Most arrivals are in-state moves, so a regional company will usually cover it — check interstate authority only if you're crossing a state line.
See licensed movers52% 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 $97,010 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Wisconsin report $82,959. 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 Waukesha County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 23% 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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