Moving Companies in Lakewood, WA
Movers in the Lakewood, Pierce County, and Tacoma area typically price jobs on an hourly basis instead of a flat fee, for trips that stay under about 35 to 40 miles, with your total shaped mainly by home size and crew size.
A small studio or one-bedroom move usually costs $300 to $600, with two movers spending two to four hours on the job. A medium two- to three-bedroom home runs closer to $900 to $1,800, with three movers working four to seven hours. Larger four-bedroom-plus homes climb to $2,000 to $3,500 or more, with a bigger crew putting in six to ten-plus hours.
Hourly, that works out to roughly $120 to $180 for a two-mover crew and truck, or $160 to $240-plus for a three-mover team. Because pricing is hourly, the fastest way to lower your bill is to have everything boxed, disassembled where possible, and staged near the door before the crew arrives. Unless you've arranged credit terms with your mover in advance, expect to settle payment before your belongings come off the truck, so confirm accepted payment methods when you book. From here, browse the movers serving Lakewood below to compare crews and rates.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Pierce County.
50% arrived from elsewhere in Washington. 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 movers43% of departures went farther than 50 miles. Beyond that range moves are priced by weight and distance, and a state line means the carrier needs interstate authority.
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 $71,132 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Washington report $76,072. 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 Pierce County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 20% 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 Washington migration page →
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