Moving Companies in Knoxville, TN
What Movers Cost in Knoxville, TN
Local moves are billed hourly. A standard 2-person crew and truck runs $100 to $140 per hour; adding a third mover typically adds $30 to $40 more per hour. Total local costs range from $317 to $3,569 depending on home size, and almost every company enforces a 3-hour minimum, even for a quick apartment job.
Once you're moving past roughly 100 miles, pricing shifts to a flat rate based on weight and mileage rather than the clock, and can run anywhere from $2,167 to $16,585 or more depending on how much you're bringing and how far. Most local companies also charge a travel fee, sometimes a flat $25 to $75, sometimes billed hourly for the drive from their base to your home and back.
Watch for extra charges on stairs, long carries from the truck to your door, and heavy or oversized items like a piano or gun safe. Verify a company's USDOT number before booking — Tennessee intrastate movers register with the state, while interstate movers fall under federal rules. Basic liability pays out only $0.60 per pound per item, so a 30-pound, $1,000 TV nets just $18 if it's damaged; ask about Full Value Protection if that's a concern. See who's available in the movers listed below.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Knox County.
56% 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 movers38% 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
Knoxville 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 $79,668 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Tennessee report $62,771. 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 Knox County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 34% 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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