Moving Companies in Jamestown, RI
Start by looking through the movers serving Jamestown below, since island logistics narrow your options more than on the mainland. Local crews typically charge $85 to $95 per hour for a two-to-three-person team and truck, with a full local move totaling anywhere from $480 for a small apartment to $3,150 or more for a larger home, depending on size, heavy items, stairs, and any packing you add on.
A few island quirks matter here. Some companies count bridge crossings, over the Newport-Perrine Bridge or the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge, as part of the travel clock, so ask how that's calculated. Narrow coastal lanes may mean a full-size truck can't reach your door, requiring a smaller shuttle truck and an added fee. Get a binding or not-to-exceed estimate rather than a phone guess, and confirm any mover holds a valid Rhode Island PUC certificate, or interstate credentials and a DOT number if they're crossing state lines. Book four to six weeks ahead if you're moving in peak summer, since coastal Rhode Island availability shrinks fast, and expect possible weather delays if you're moving across the island in late fall or winter.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Newport County.
79% 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 movers75% 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
Jamestown refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country only partly replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $126,267 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Rhode Island report $105,602. 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 Newport County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 64% 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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