Moving Companies in Kingston, PA
How are local moves priced in Kingston, PA?
Trips under 100 miles are almost always charged by the hour, with the total shaped by how many workers are on the truck. Long-distance jobs are usually priced by weight and volume instead.
What does a local crew cost per hour?
In the Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and Kingston area, a standard crew with two movers and a truck generally runs $100 to $200 per hour. With three movers and a truck, the rate typically runs $150 to $300 per hour.
What total should I budget for a local move?
- A 1–2 bedroom move taking 3–4 hours usually costs $400 to $800 total.
- A 3–4 bedroom move taking 6–8+ hours usually costs $900 to $1,800+, depending on heavy items.
How do long-distance costs compare?
An interstate job can start near $1,000 for a small interstate hop and reach $7,500+ for a full multi-room cross-country relocation.
Your final price will depend on home size, distance, and how much packing help you need. Use the directory below to compare Kingston-area movers and request firm quotes.
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Who's moving to Kingston, PA
Federal tax-filer migration data for Luzerne County.
58% 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 movers35% 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
Kingston refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country more than replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $46,193 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Pennsylvania report $52,996. 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 Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania migration page →
How much truck space do you need?
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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.