Moving Companies in San Rafael, CA
In San Rafael, local moves under 100 miles are billed by the hour - roughly $50 to $90 per mover, so a two-person crew with a truck lands around $100 to $180 per hour plus a travel or truck fee - and typical totals run $560 to $1,100 for a studio or one-bedroom, $1,100 to $2,000 for a two-to-three bedroom home, and $2,100 to $3,400+ for four to five bedrooms, while labor-only help for a truck you supply averages about $80 per hour per worker; anything past 100 miles or across the state line is priced by weight and volume instead of the clock. To protect that budget, know that California's double-drive time rule lets movers bill travel at twice the actual drive, that steep streets in areas like Dominican or Terra Linda can force a shuttle or long carry that adds paid hours, and that the default coverage pays just $0.60 per pound per item, so ask about full-value protection, verify the mover's state-issued CAL-T license, and book mid-week and mid-month outside the May-through-September peak, since lighter demand and a decluttered load are the two easiest ways to shrink the final bill.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Marin 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 movers43% 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 $210,750 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in California report $241,466. 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 Marin County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 23% 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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