Moving Companies in Lawrence, KS
Local moves in Lawrence — generally anything under 50 miles — are billed by the hour based on crew size. A standard two-person crew with a truck runs about $110 to $150 an hour, while a larger three- to four-person crew costs $170 to $250 or more per hour. Total local costs usually land between $400 and $3,600 depending on whether you're moving a small apartment or a large house.
Moves that go 50 miles or farther price differently — based on the total weight of your belongings and the mileage traveled — and typically run $1,000 to $7,500 or more.
A couple of things to nail down
- Get written estimates from at least a few local movers before booking; rates vary more than you'd expect for the same job.
- Confirm whether your quote is hourly or a fixed weight-based figure, since crossing the 50-mile mark changes how the price is built.
Home size and distance are the two numbers that matter most here — the movers listed below can give you a real quote once you know both.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Douglas County.
54% 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 movers48% 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
Lawrence 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 $55,680 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Kansas report $52,973. 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 Douglas County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 46% 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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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.