Moving Companies in Johnson City, TN
What Movers Cost in Johnson City, TN
Labor-only help, for a rental truck or container you've already arranged, typically runs $87 to $110 per hour, with small jobs totaling $340 to $720. A full-service local move with a truck included generally starts around $150 or more per hour, plus separate truck and fuel charges. A flight of stairs, a bulky piece like a piano or safe, a long walk from door to truck, or packing materials will all push the base rate higher.
Many local companies start the hourly clock the moment their truck leaves the warehouse, not when it arrives at your house, so it's worth asking directly when billing begins. The area's steep, winding, and narrow residential streets can also keep a large truck from reaching your driveway, which sometimes means a shuttle to a smaller vehicle and an added fee if it wasn't discussed ahead of time.
Basic liability coverage is thin by law — $0.60 per pound per item, so a 20-pound TV worth $1,000 nets only $12 if it's damaged. Rental turnover and moving demand spike around East Tennessee State University's calendar, particularly late April into early May and mid-August, so a mid-month, Tuesday-through-Thursday booking tends to run cheaper. Always get a binding estimate after a real walkthrough rather than a phone guess. Compare options in the list of movers below.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Washington 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 $77,240 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Tennessee report $51,314. 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 Washington County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 46% 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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