Moving Companies in Yoakum, TX
Yoakum doesn't have moving companies based inside town, so timing a booking around who's actually driving in matters more here than almost anywhere else. Full-service crews typically travel in from San Antonio, Austin, or the Coastal Bend region — alternatively, hire local labor-only help and drive the truck yourself.
Labor-only runs about $74.26 per hour for the crew, averaging $426.77 for the full job: a one-bedroom apartment takes roughly two hours with two movers for about $310-$320, a two- to three-bedroom home takes two-and-a-half to three hours for $400-$480, and a four- to five-bedroom home takes three to four hours and runs $560-$670 or more.
Full-service crews traveling in from outside Yoakum bill $120-$180 per hour plus a travel fee, and the timing of that fee is worth pinning down: many companies start the clock when the truck leaves their warehouse and don't stop it until it's back, which can quietly add $150-$300 to the bill. Ask whether the travel fee already covers that round trip or is billed hourly on top. For any move under 100 miles, Texas rules let movers bill hourly rather than by weight, and that's almost always the cheaper option to request. Buying your own shrink wrap and mattress bags ahead of time, and flagging a gravel driveway or low branches before the crew arrives, both save billed hours.
Local labor and regional crews serving Yoakum are worth comparing before settling on a date.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for DeWitt County.
92% 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 movers96% of departures stayed inside Texas. In-state moves are handled by regional carriers licensed at the state level.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Households arriving from another state report $49,395 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Texas report $62,714. 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 DeWitt County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 49% 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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