Moving Companies in Jackson, TN
What Movers Cost in Jackson, TN
For a local move, under 50 miles, Jackson-area companies bill by the hour based on crew and truck size. A two-mover crew with a truck runs $100 to $150 per hour, suited to a small apartment or a 1-to-2 bedroom home. Stepping up to three or four movers and a truck runs $150 to $250 or more per hour, which fits a larger home with three or more bedrooms.
The billable clock typically starts when the crew arrives at your starting address and stops once they finish unloading at the destination, so the time spent loading and unloading is what you're paying for directly. On top of that hourly rate, many companies also add a travel fee or a one-time gas and truck charge to cover the trip back to their base after the job wraps up.
Matching crew size to home size matters here — hiring a four-person team for a one-bedroom apartment means paying the higher hourly rate for capacity you don't need, while too small a crew for a large house can drag the job out and rack up more billable hours than a bigger team would have.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Madison County.
62% arrived from elsewhere in Tennessee. 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 movers39% 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
Households arriving from another state report $59,784 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Tennessee report $47,449. 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 Madison County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 44% 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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