Moving Companies in Southaven, MS
Movers serving Southaven typically bill by the hour per mover plus a standard truck fee. The statewide average runs around $105 per hour per mover, generally ranging $90 to $130 or more depending on crew size. A studio or one-bedroom usually needs about two movers and runs roughly $430 to $580 total, a two-bedroom home about three movers near $900, and a three-bedroom home around four movers near $2,000.
Almost every local company enforces a two-hour minimum, so even a short move gets billed for at least that much time. If you've rented your own truck or container and just need loading help, labor-only assistance runs about $91 per hour in the area. Tipping is customary, typically $4 to $5 per mover per hour split among the crew for a job well done.
Share the number of bedrooms and note any heavy specialty items, like a piano or safe, when requesting quotes so the estimate reflects the crew size you'll actually need. The list of local movers below is a good starting point for comparing rates.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for DeSoto County.
71% 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 movers53% 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 $56,071 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Mississippi report $45,350. 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 DeSoto County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 32% 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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