Moving Companies in Smithfield, RI
Smithfield movers price local jobs by the hour, generally $85 to $100 for a crew of two to three people and a truck, with the final total depending mostly on how many hours the job takes.
| Home size | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Studio / 1-Bedroom | $450 – $900 |
| 2-3 Bedroom | $1,000 – $2,200 |
| 4+ Bedroom | $2,300 – $3,500+ |
A few things can shrink or grow that bill. Moving mid-week and mid-month tends to be noticeably cheaper than moving on a weekend or at the start or end of the month, when demand peaks. Taking apart your own bed frames and table legs beforehand, and boxing up everything completely, including closets and loose items, cuts down the hours the crew spends packing instead of loading, since you're paying by the hour either way. Before you book, confirm the company is properly registered with Rhode Island's PUC and check for complaints through consumer review resources, since an unusually low phone quote is a common sign of an unlicensed operator. The movers listed below are worth comparing on price and availability for your specific move date.
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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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