Moving Companies in Commerce, CA
Commerce is an industrial city, and that shapes moving day more than the mileage does. Strict street-sweeping schedules and large-vehicle parking restrictions mean a 26-foot box truck needs a legal, planned spot, and a citation or blocked lane usually becomes the customer's problem. Big apartment complexes and commercial corridors also create long walks from truck to door, which is where long-carry fees come from.
What moves cost
A 2-mover crew with a truck runs $120 to $180 per hour, and a 3-mover crew scales to $180 to $240 per hour, with a 2 to 3-hour minimum on nearly every booking. Totals by home size: $350 - $700+ for a studio or 1-bedroom, $700 - $1,200+ for a 2-bedroom, and $1,200 - $2,500+ for a 3-bedroom or larger house.
Fees and protections to know
Most companies bill travel time from their warehouse to you, and LA traffic stretches that fast. Stairs, tight elevator reservation windows, and heavy pieces such as pianos, safes, or marble tabletops all carry surcharges. Get a written not-to-exceed estimate rather than a verbal figure, and check that the mover holds a CAL PUC permit. Default liability is just $0.60 per pound per item, so a broken 20-pound, $1,000 television returns $12; consider full-value or third-party coverage for expensive pieces. If the crew earns it, the customary tip for a half-day of work is $20 to $40 for each mover.
Movers working in Commerce are in the listings below, and a written estimate from two or three of them will surface any access fees before moving day.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Los Angeles County.
52% arrived from elsewhere in California. 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 movers78% of departures went farther than 50 miles. Beyond that range moves are priced by weight and distance, and a state line means the carrier needs interstate 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 $95,475 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in California report $82,810. 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 Los Angeles County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 6% 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 California migration page →
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