Moving Companies in Marshall, TX
How much do local movers charge per hour?
A standard two-mover crew with a truck runs $90 to $130 an hour. For a larger job needing three or four movers, expect $150 to $200 or more per hour.
What does a typical local move cost in total?
Moving within the Marshall and Harrison County area, including trips to Longview, generally totals $450 to $1,500 or more, depending on whether you are in a studio apartment or a three-bedroom house.
Is there a minimum I will pay no matter what?
Yes. Most local movers enforce a two-to-three-hour minimum charge — if your apartment move only takes an hour and 15 minutes, you still pay for the full block.
What changes if I am moving out of the region?
Long-distance moves drop the hourly model and price by weight and volume instead, typically averaging $900 to $3,500 or more.
The movers listed below cover both local Harrison County jobs and longer hauls out of East Texas.
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Who's moving to Marshall, TX
Federal tax-filer migration data for Harrison County.
75% 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 movers50% 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
Marshall refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country only partly replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $83,812 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Texas report $57,342. 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 Harrison County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 36% 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 →
How much truck space do you need?
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Industry rules of thumb — about seven pounds per cubic foot, and published rental-truck capacities. Not our carrier records, not a quote. Bring both numbers to the call and what you get back will finally be comparable.