Moving Companies in Midland, TX
Movers in Midland bill local work by the hour, and the going rate averages about $103 per hour for a standard setup of two or three movers with a truck. What that hourly figure turns into depends on your home: a small studio apartment often comes in around $500 to $560, while a house with three or four bedrooms pushes toward the top of the scale. Taken across all local jobs, totals typically land somewhere between $424 and $3,435, and the average local move in the area costs $1,400.
Once a trip runs more than 50 miles from Midland, the hourly model disappears. At that point the quote is built from the weight of your shipment and the mileage involved, and long-distance moves out of the area frequently exceed $3,000 and can climb past $5,400 depending on how far you go and how much you ship. For a sense of scale, the average long-distance relocation covering about 1,000 miles comes out to $5,450.
Whichever category your move falls into, treat the first estimate as a starting point rather than a final number. Charges that never appeared in the initial quote are the most common reason moving bills grow, so ask each company directly which fees are and are not included before you book anything.
The mover listings below are a practical place to start: shortlist a few companies serving Midland and get written estimates from each before committing.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Midland County.
68% 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 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 $78,186 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Texas report $78,640. 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 Midland 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 →
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