Moving Companies in Providence, RI
Local moves in the Providence area are billed by the hour, while long-distance moves are priced by weight and distance instead. A standard two-person crew runs $125 to $170 per hour, and a third mover for a bigger home adds roughly 30% to 40% more per hour. Nearly every local company enforces a three-hour minimum, so even a small apartment job gets billed for at least that much labor plus travel time.
| Home size | Total cost |
|---|---|
| Studio / 1-Bedroom | $490 – $1,200 |
| 2-3 Bedroom | $1,200 – $3,200+ |
On top of labor, expect a flat travel or fuel fee of $25 to $75, plus extra charges if the crew has to haul items up several flights of stairs or a long distance to the truck. Providence's triple-decker apartments and hilly streets near College Hill mean narrow, twisting stairwells are common, so tell the company in advance about walk-ups or missing elevators or the price can shift on move day. Street parking isn't automatically reserved for a moving truck, so on a tight block in Federal Hill or Fox Point, check with the city about a temporary parking permit beforehand. Travel time between the depot and your address is usually billed as part of the job, so ask exactly how that's calculated, and get a binding or not-to-exceed estimate in writing rather than a phone guess.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Providence County.
77% 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 movers46% 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 $65,739 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Rhode Island report $69,993. 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 Providence County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 25% 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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