Moving Companies in Lakewood, CA
Movers serving Lakewood price local jobs by the hour, then layer on charges for travel, heavy pieces, and difficult access. The table below gathers the figures that shape a typical bill.
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| Two movers and a truck | $100 to $160 per hour |
| Three to four movers and a truck | $180 to $250+ per hour |
| Heavy or specialty item (piano, safe, pool table) | $150 - $400 flat surcharge |
| Travel time | Billed at twice the actual drive time |
| Stairs or long carry | Added labor charges |
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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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