Moving Companies in Ukiah, CA
What movers charge in Ukiah
Local jobs under 100 miles are billed hourly, while long-distance pricing follows weight and mileage. A two-person California crew averages around $122 per hour, with rates anywhere from $90 to $160+ depending on the company, the truck and whether you need a third mover.
Typical local totals come to $560 - $1,100 for a studio or one-bedroom, $1,070 - $1,930 for a two-to-three-bedroom home and $2,150 - $3,350 or more for four to five bedrooms. If you already have a truck or container and only need loading help, labor runs about $89 - $90 per hour, with most jobs totaling $330 to $735.
Details that change the price
- Travel billing: most crews charge a travel fee or double-drive time under California regulation, covering the trip from their warehouse to you and often twice the time between addresses, so get it in writing.
- Truck access: Ukiah's tight streets, narrow rural driveways and low tree branches can block a full-size truck, and movers may add a shuttle fee to transfer everything into a smaller vehicle, so describe your street early.
- Season: May through September is peak season with higher rates and tighter calendars; moving between October and April usually costs less.
- Licensing: hire only a mover with a valid CAL-T number from the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, which confirms mandatory basic coverage of $0.60 per pound per article.
With those numbers in hand, you can check the listings below and collect written quotes from two or three Ukiah-area movers before you book.
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Who's moving to Ukiah, CA
Federal tax-filer migration data for Mendocino County.
75% 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 movers63% of departures stayed inside California. In-state moves are handled by regional carriers licensed at the state level.
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 $58,685 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in California report $71,689. 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 Mendocino County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 50% 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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