Moving Companies in Renton, WA
Local moves in and around Renton run $100 to $250 or more per hour for a standard crew and truck, with individual mover rates typically working out to $45 to $90 per hour each. By home size, totals usually land at $430 to $920 for a studio or one-bedroom, $960 to $1,480 for a two-bedroom, and $2,215 to $3,900 or more for a three- to four-bedroom home. Cross 100 miles and pricing switches to weight and mileage instead of the clock, with long-distance totals ranging from $2,370 up to $13,430 or more.
Renton's elevation changes and highway congestion matter here because you're paying by the hour, and a crew stuck in traffic or navigating a steep driveway is still running the meter. Ask how travel time is calculated, since Washington movers are allowed to bill for the drive between their warehouse and your address on both ends. Get any estimate in writing after an actual walkthrough rather than a phone guess, and disclose heavy or awkward items like pianos or large sectionals upfront so they don't cause delays or surcharges on moving day. The listings below are a good starting point for comparing local crews.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for King County.
66% 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 movers55% 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
Renton refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country replaces them almost one for one.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $111,064 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Washington report $81,703. 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 King County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 10% 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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