Moving Companies in Starkville, MS
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Local moving labor in the Starkville area generally runs $80 to $125 per hour for a two-to-three-person crew, and most companies enforce a two-hour minimum, so baseline labor starts around $200 to $250 before any add-ons. A studio or one-bedroom move typically totals $300 to $600, while a larger three-to-four-bedroom-plus home can run $1,200 to $3,500 or more depending on volume and hours worked.
If you've already rented a truck or a portable container and just need help loading or unloading it, labor-only help runs about $75 to $80 per hour per worker, a notable savings over a full-service crew. Ask whether your move counts as local or long-distance under the company's pricing, since that changes whether you're quoted hourly or by weight and mileage, and get the crew size confirmed against your actual home size before moving day.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Oktibbeha County.
59% 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 movers51% 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 $65,551 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Mississippi report $52,611. 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 Oktibbeha County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 60% 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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