Moving Companies in Bristol, RI
Local moves around Bristol are billed by the hour, typically $86 to $90 for a standard two-person crew and truck. Adding a third or fourth mover raises the rate to about $120 to $160 or more per hour, though a bigger crew often finishes faster, which can partly offset the higher rate. Across a full local job, most Bristol-area moves total somewhere between $480 and $3,100 or more, depending mainly on your home's size and how many hours the work takes.
Because you're moving locally, within Bristol or to a nearby town like Warren or Portsmouth, expect a standard travel or fuel fee added to the hourly rate as well. Ask each company how they calculate that fee and whether their quote is binding, since a binding estimate protects you from the price climbing once the truck is loaded. Give an honest account of your home's size and any heavy items when you request quotes, so the number you're comparing actually matches what you'll pay on move day. The movers below serve the Bristol area and are a solid place to start comparing rates for your specific home size.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Bristol County.
57% arrived from another state. Long-haul moves need a carrier with active interstate operating authority — plenty of local companies don't hold one.
See licensed movers59% of departures left the state. Interstate moves are priced by weight and distance, and the carrier must hold active interstate operating 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 $122,837 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Rhode Island report $94,306. 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 Bristol County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 70% 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 Rhode Island migration page →
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