Moving Companies in Melrose, MA
Most nearby relocations around Melrose use hourly billing.
Longer trips and certain calendar dates bring different costs along with street-access rules.
| FACTOR | TYPICAL FIGURE |
|---|---|
| Hourly local moves apply for distances | under 50 miles |
| Boston-area local hourly rate | $100–$200 per hour |
| Two-mover crew with truck | $100 to $140 per hour |
| Extra charge for a third mover | $50 to $80 per hour |
| Typical 1- to 2-bedroom local total | $600 to $1,800 |
| Long-distance 1- to 2-bedroom from Boston | $2,300–$5,500+ |
| Typical cost range across Massachusetts | $570 and $3,542 |
| Average hourly rate per mover statewide | $101 |
| Usual minimum hours billed | 2 to 3 |
| Rate increase on September 1 | 25% to 40% |
| Customary tip per mover | $20 to $40 |
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Who's moving to Melrose, MA
Federal tax-filer migration data for Middlesex County.
50% 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 movers49% 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 $99,192 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Massachusetts report $114,085. 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 Middlesex County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 9% 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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