Moving Companies in Collegedale, TN
Moving Costs in Collegedale, TN
Local movers serving Collegedale, Cleveland, and the greater Chattanooga area typically bill by the hour. A two-mover crew with a truck runs $100 to $160 per hour, while a three-mover crew runs $150 to $220 per hour.
For a local move, a one- to two-bedroom home generally totals $400 to $900, and a larger three- to four-bedroom house runs $1,000 to $2,200 or more, depending on packing time and how much you own.
If you're leaving Tennessee entirely, pricing shifts from hourly to weight and distance. A small apartment can start around $1,500 to $3,500, while a full multi-bedroom house can climb past $5,000 to $9,000 depending on the route.
If professional movers stretch your budget too far, renting your own truck locally typically costs $50 to $125, though you take on all the loading and driving yourself. Weigh that savings against the time and physical effort it takes before deciding which route fits your move. Choosing between crew sizes usually comes down to how much you own and how quickly you want the job finished, since a bigger crew costs more per hour but often wraps up in less total time.
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Who's moving to Collegedale, TN
Federal tax-filer migration data for Hamilton County.
71% 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 movers34% 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
Collegedale refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country more than replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $82,331 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Tennessee report $61,590. 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 Hamilton County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 38% 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 Tennessee migration page →
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