Moving Companies in Oakland, TN
Moving Costs in Oakland, TN
If you just need labor to load or unload a truck or container, hourly help in Oakland typically runs $80 to $100 per hour for a crew, with total small jobs landing between $340 and $720.
A full-service local move — truck and crew included — generally costs $120 to $180 per hour for a two- to three-person team. Smaller apartments or homes tend to run $400 to $800 total, while larger family homes can range from $1,200 up to $3,500 or more depending on packing needs, heavy specialty items like a piano or safe, and total transit time.
Labor-only pricing overall lands in a similar range, typically $342.84 to $717.08, depending on the size of the job and crew count. Deciding between the two options mostly comes down to whether you already have a truck and just need muscle, or need the whole job — including driving — handled for you. Either way, mentioning heavy specialty items like a piano or safe upfront keeps the quoted rate from changing once the crew actually sees your home.
To compare actual pricing for your home size, the movers listed below serve the Oakland and greater Memphis area.
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Who's moving to Oakland, TN
Federal tax-filer migration data for Fayette County.
73% 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 movers63% 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 $77,388 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Tennessee report $79,927. 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 Fayette County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 33% 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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