Moving Companies in Emporia, KS
Local moves in Emporia are almost always billed by the hour, with your total shaped by crew size and how much you're moving.
A standard two-mover crew with a truck typically runs $92 to $146 an hour, averaging around $119. Rates rise a bit for a bigger crew, though a larger crew often finishes faster.
If you already have a truck or a rental container and only need help loading and unloading, hourly labor runs closer to $80, with full jobs typically totaling $298.61 to $805.67 depending on the size of the load.
Getting a direct quote based on your exact home size is the most reliable way to pin down a number, since ranges this wide depend heavily on stairs, distance to the truck, and how much packing is already done.
Booking mid-week or mid-month, rather than at the end of the month or on a weekend, can also make it easier to get a lower rate or a wider choice of available crews.
A written estimate that lists the hourly rate, minimum hours, and any travel charge protects you from a vague number that grows once the crew arrives.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Lyon County.
58% arrived from elsewhere in Kansas. 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 movers61% 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 $40,858 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Kansas report $37,117. 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 Lyon County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 66% 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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