Moving Companies in Dennis, MA
Moves through Dennis contend with summer congestion, canal crossings, and older streets that large trucks struggle to use. Inside Massachusetts, local work is usually charged by the hour for a given crew, or as a flat quote after a home survey.
Typical 2026 local prices by home size appear below.
| Home size | Local cost | Typical time |
|---|---|---|
| Studio or 1-bedroom | $550 – $1,200 | 3 to 5 hours |
| 2 to 3-bedroom home | $1,200 – $2,800 | 5 to 8 hours |
| 4+ bedroom home | $2,800 – $4,500+ | Full day or extra crew |
Hourly crew rates and traffic-related billing are listed next.
| Crew or extra | Rate |
|---|---|
| 2 movers and 1 truck | $100 to $150+ per hour |
| 3-to-4 person crew | $150 to $250+ per hour |
| Travel time in traffic | Billed by the hour |
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, delays pile up on the Sagamore and Bourne bridges and Route 6. An early weekday start, Tuesday through Thursday, limits backups.
Skip vague phone quotes. A binding not-to-exceed estimate stops the bill from climbing when stairs or drives are tight. Narrow lanes, gravel or sand drives, and low tree limbs in Dennis often block a 26-foot trailer. A shuttle van to a larger truck on a main road adds labor, so describe the street in advance.
Many Cape homes use bulkheads and steep cellar stairs. Confirm the crew has moved pianos, shop tools, or oversized sofas through those entries. Intrastate routes such as Dennis to Boston require a Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities license. Check it before you book.
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Who's moving to Dennis, MA
Federal tax-filer migration data for Barnstable County.
53% 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 movers49% 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
Dennis refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country replaces them almost one for one. Head count stayed flat all the same — arriving households are smaller (1.56 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 $119,079 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Massachusetts report $174,209. 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 Barnstable County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 31% 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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