Moving Companies in Sussex, NJ
Sussex County's rural roads shape moving costs here more than the calendar does. Many properties sit at the end of winding lanes or steep gravel driveways, and if a full-size 26-foot truck can't fit down them, a company may add a shuttle fee to move your belongings into a smaller vehicle -- worth asking about before moving day.
On price, local moves are usually billed hourly by crew size: a small studio or apartment with one or two movers averages $400 to $600 total, a medium two-to-three bedroom home $900 to $1,500, and a larger four-bedroom-plus house $1,900 to $3,000 or more depending on volume and packing needs. Moving out of state prices differently, set by shipment weight and distance instead of the hourly clock -- a trip to a nearby state like North Carolina starts around $1,800, while cross-country moves can run $8,000 or more.
A couple of details are easy to miss: basic carrier insurance covers just $0.60 per pound per item, so a 20-pound, $1,000 television is covered for only $12 if it's damaged, and rates climb noticeably between May and September or at the start and end of a month, so a mid-week booking mid-month tends to cost less.
With the terrain and timing in mind, take a look at the movers listed below.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Sussex County.
69% 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.
See licensed movers54% 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 $79,760 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in New Jersey report $85,595. 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 Sussex County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 30% 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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