Moving Companies in Laurel, MS
Laurel movers split pricing into two very different models: local jobs billed by the hour, and long-distance moves priced by weight and mileage.
For a local move — generally anything under about 50 miles — a one- to three-bedroom home typically runs $350 to $1,250 total, with crews averaging $100 to $105 an hour and almost every company holding to a two-hour minimum. If you already have a truck or a rented container and just need people to load or unload it, labor-only help costs less: expect $360 to $750 total, or roughly $79 an hour for the muscle alone.
Leaving the state changes the math entirely. A long-distance move out of Laurel is priced on your shipment's total weight and the distance it has to travel, and typical totals land anywhere from $2,500 to $8,500 or more depending on how much you're bringing and how far it's going.
Because that range is wide, get a written estimate before you commit rather than relying on a phone quote. The listings below cover both local and long-distance options serving Laurel.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Jones County.
68% arrived from elsewhere in Mississippi. 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 movers44% 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
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $58,571 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Mississippi report $43,698. 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 Jones 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 Mississippi migration page →
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