Moving Companies in Madison, TN
Moving Costs in Madison, TN
Local moves in Madison typically run $100 to $200 per hour for a two-person crew and truck, with total local jobs landing somewhere between $400 and $1,500 depending on the size of your home.
Most companies also charge a one-time travel or service call fee, often equal to one hour of labor, on top of the hourly rate. Nearly every local mover also enforces a 2- to 3-hour minimum charge, so even a very quick job will cost at least that baseline.
Basic liability coverage is usually included for free, but it only reimburses a small amount per pound if something breaks, so ask specifically about upgrading to full value protection if you own anything valuable. Confirm exactly when the hourly clock starts and stops too — some companies count the drive from their warehouse to your home as billable time.
Cash tips are common practice here, generally $20 to $50 per mover depending on how long the job runs, and having cold water on hand for the crew during Tennessee heat goes a long way on moving day.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Davidson County.
60% 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 movers44% 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
Madison 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 $86,017 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Tennessee report $75,408. 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 Davidson County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 19% 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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