Moving Companies in Dodge City, KS
Dodge City is a smaller market in southwest Kansas, so most full-service movers covering the area travel in from larger hubs like Wichita rather than keeping a storefront in town.
Local moves are billed hourly, averaging close to $110 for a standard two-person crew and truck, and most crews require at least a two-hour minimum no matter how small the job is.
Total cost for a typical local move generally runs $400 to $1,500, depending mainly on whether you're moving a one-bedroom apartment or a larger four-bedroom house.
If you rent your own truck or trailer locally and just need help loading and unloading, hourly labor can run closer to $50 to $80 total per hour for the crew, which is noticeably cheaper than full service.
Moving out of state or across a longer distance shifts the math entirely, with costs generally ranging from $2,000 to $4,500 or more depending on total weight and how far you're going.
Because so many crews are dispatched from out of town, ask upfront whether travel time to Dodge City is billed at the full hourly rate, since that can add real cost before the crew even starts loading.
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Who's moving to Dodge City, KS
Federal tax-filer migration data for Ford County.
55% 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 movers52% of departures stayed inside Kansas. 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
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $38,645 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Kansas report $57,613. 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 Ford County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 78% 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 Kansas migration page →
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