Moving Companies in San Lorenzo, CA
Local rates in San Lorenzo
Moves around this part of the East Bay are billed hourly, with a truck and fuel charge folded in. A two-person crew with a truck costs $110 to $165 per hour and suits apartments and one-bedroom homes. A three-person crew runs $180 to $255 per hour, and for most two-to-three-bedroom houses it's the smarter booking, since the extra mover shortens the day enough to offset the higher rate. If you've rented your own truck or container, labor-only help costs $60 to $90 per hour per worker, and a typical half-day loading job totals $350 - $630. Expect a 2-to-3-hour minimum from most companies.
Rules and fees to pin down first
- California's double drive-time rule lets movers bill twice the travel time between your old and new home. A 20-minute drive between addresses shows up as 40 minutes at your crew rate.
- Ask whether the quote covers stairs, long carries, heavy pieces like pianos and safes, and furniture disassembly; some budget quotes exclude them and add surcharges later.
- Clarify the rounding policy: some companies bill to the exact minute after the minimum, others round up to the next full hour.
- Check payment methods ahead of time, since many independents take cards or digital payments and don't want large amounts of cash.
- Tips aren't required but are customary: $20 to $40 per mover for a standard job, scaled up for heavy work or lots of stairs.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Alameda County.
72% 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 movers45% 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 $101,645 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in California report $131,527. 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 Alameda County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 9% 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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