Moving Companies in Picayune, MS
Local moves under 50 miles around Picayune are billed by the hour, not a flat rate, so understanding the math ahead of time helps you avoid surprises.
What a local crew costs
Expect to pay roughly $100 to $130 an hour for a two- or three-person crew with a truck. Almost every company enforces a two-hour minimum, so even a quick 45-minute job can land around $210 to $250 once travel fees are added.
Full-service pricing
Depending on whether you are in a one-bedroom apartment or a four-bedroom house, total local costs typically range from $450 to $3,500 or more.
Moving out of state?
Once you leave the local radius, pricing shifts away from hourly rates entirely. Movers instead calculate cost by the total weight of your shipment and the mileage involved, so get a detailed inventory estimate rather than a quick phone quote.
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Who's moving to Picayune, MS
Federal tax-filer migration data for Pearl River County.
70% 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 movers61% of departures left the state. Interstate moves are priced by weight and distance, and the carrier must hold active interstate operating authority.
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 $57,086 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Mississippi report $44,835. 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 Pearl River County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 45% 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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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.