Moving Companies in Colchester, CT
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A standard two-person crew and truck averages $134 per hour, while a larger crew of three or more movers runs $170 to $220 or more per hour. Rough totals by home size: a studio runs $500 to $650, a one-bedroom runs $650 to $850, a two-bedroom runs $1,100 to $1,300, and a three to four-bedroom home can reach $2,400 to $3,500 or more for a full day. If you've already rented a truck or container and just need loading help, hourly labor-only rates run closer to $75 to $85 per hour per worker.
Ask how travel time is billed, since in most Connecticut contracts the clock starts when the crew leaves their dispatch point rather than when they arrive. Heavy items like a piano or large safe often carry a $150 to $400 surcharge, so mention these during your initial quote, and flag any steep walk from the driveway to the door or stairs without an elevator, since those can add their own fee. Basic liability coverage pays only $0.60 per pound per item, so a twenty-pound, $1,000 television that's dropped nets you just twelve dollars, which is why full value protection is worth asking about.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Southeastern Connecticut Planning.
65% 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 movers34% 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 $67,866 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Connecticut report $66,274. 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 38% 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 Connecticut migration page →
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