Moving Companies in Brookline, MA
Moving in Brookline means paying by the hour, not a flat quote, while working around tight streets, permit parking, and buildings with narrow stairwells. Local Massachusetts crews price by hourly labor plus a truck fee, so knowing the ranges before you call saves back-and-forth.
- Two movers and a truck typically run $100 to $180 per hour.
- Three movers and a truck run $140 to $250 per hour.
- Most crews set a two- to three-hour minimum, so a 90-minute job still bills for the full block.
- Expect a travel or fuel surcharge equal to roughly one hour of labor, covering the trip to and from the crew's base.
- If you plan to block street parking for the truck, check with the town about a temporary no-parking permit well before moving day - overnight rules here are stricter than in Boston.
- Tip guidance for a Boston-area move runs $20 to $40 per mover for jobs under four hours, more for longer days.
Get the hourly rate, the minimum, and any travel fee in writing before you book, then match those numbers against the movers listed below.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Norfolk County.
67% arrived from elsewhere in Massachusetts. 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 movers61% 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 $106,112 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Massachusetts report $117,542. 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 Norfolk County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 12% 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 Massachusetts migration page →
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