Moving Companies in Dayton, TX
In Dayton, Gulf Coast humidity and sudden afternoon thunderstorms are common enough that local movers often push crews to start at 8 a.m., both to beat the heat and to dodge the rain before it rolls in. Southeast Texas summers between May and September slow a crew down, and a slower crew on an hourly job means a bigger bill.
Hourly labor-only help, where you supply the truck and pay for muscle, runs around $75 an hour, with a typical job totaling $320 to $620. A full-service move with a truck and crew runs $560 to $800 for a studio or one-bedroom, $850 to $1,850 for two or three bedrooms, and $2,100 to $3,350 or more for four bedrooms and up. Leaving the area entirely for another state starts pricing around $5,400 for a standard two- or three-bedroom household.
Ask where the crew is dispatching from, since many companies start billing the moment they leave their base rather than when they arrive at your door. Basic liability coverage is set by law at $0.60 per pound per item, so a 30-pound television is covered for about $18 if it's dropped. Keep cash on hand for the crew, typically $10 to $20 per mover per hour or $40 to $50 per person for a full day.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Liberty County.
89% arrived from elsewhere in Texas. 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 movers65% 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
Households arriving from another state report $71,645 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Texas report $50,235. 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 Liberty County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 23% 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 Texas migration page →
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