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Moving Companies in Garwood, NJ

258
Movers nearby
53%
Insured
130
Licensed
3.73
2,944 reviews

The clearest way to save on a Garwood move is choosing a company based nearby. New Jersey movers can legally bill travel time from their warehouse to your address and back, so a company sitting 45 minutes away can end up pricier than a closer Union County crew even with a lower quoted hourly rate.

Hourly rates run $90 to $150 for a two- to three-mover crew, rising to $180 to $250 or more for larger four- to five-person crews on bigger homes. Total local costs run $400 to $700 for a studio or one-bedroom, $800 to $1,800 for a two- to three-bedroom, and $1,900 to $3,500 or more for four-plus bedrooms. Moves leaving the state are typically priced by weight and volume instead, averaging $2,000 and up.

Basic liability coverage is included free but pays only $0.60 per pound per item — a dropped 30-pound, $1,000 television nets just $18 — so skip paying extra for coverage on ordinary furniture and reserve Full Value Protection for anything genuinely valuable. Budget $20 to $40 per mover in cash for tipping, and always get a Binding-Not-to-Exceed estimate rather than a verbal quote.

Checking parking rules with Garwood police ahead of time avoids delays that eat into billable hours. Compare current rates among the movers listed below.

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Who's moving to Garwood, NJ

Federal tax-filer migration data for Union County.

-1,953 net households
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Moving in
15,002 households arrived
78% under 50 mi 6% 50–250 mi 5% over 250 mi 12% not attributed

60% arrived from elsewhere in New Jersey. 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.

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Moving out
16,955 households left
64% under 50 mi 9% 50–250 mi 13% over 250 mi 14% not attributed

64% 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
Net household change, five years
-1,660
18–19
-1,702
19–20
-2,187
20–21
-2,824
21–22
-1,953
22–23
Which states Garwood trades with

Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.

New York +3,468
5,567 in
2,099 out
Florida -1,543
492 in
2,035 out
452 in
914 out
Texas -332
100 in
432 out
California -133
199 in
332 out
Nearby, under 50 miles
Newark, NJ 9 mi New Brunswick, NJ 13 mi Jersey City, NJ 13 mi Bridgewater, NJ 16 mi New York, NY 18 mi Parsippany, NJ 18 mi New York, NY 19 mi New York, NY 24 mi
Beyond 50 miles
Mount Laurel, NJ 55 mi West Palm Beach, FL 1,026 mi Miami, FL 1,085 mi Camden, NJ 67 mi Philadelphia, PA 64 mi Fort Lauderdale, FL 1,060 mi Tampa, FL 990 mi Los Angeles, CA 2,430 mi

Households arriving from another state report $99,314 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in New Jersey report $94,712. 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 Union County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 13% 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 New Jersey migration page →

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1,150
cubic feet — what a local crew loads
8,050 lb what a long-distance carrier quotes on
26 ft rental truck, if you drive it yourself

Industry rules of thumb — about seven pounds per cubic foot, and published rental-truck capacities. Not our carrier records, not a quote. Bring both numbers to the call and what you get back will finally be comparable.

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