Moving Companies in Franklin, IN
Franklin movers generally price local jobs by the hour, with the total driven mainly by home size and crew needed. A studio or one-bedroom typically runs $350 to $600, with two movers finishing in three to five hours. A two- or three-bedroom home costs more, usually $600 to $1,500, with a three-person crew working five to eight hours. A larger four-bedroom-plus home can run $1,500 to $3,200 or higher depending on volume.
The hourly rate behind these totals generally falls between $100 and $180 for a crew of two to three movers with a truck. Most local companies also set a minimum booking window, commonly three hours, so even a very small job won't come in below that floor.
For context on individual items, moving something as simple as a single couch averages around $290 on its own, which helps explain why bundling everything into one full move is usually more efficient than paying for separate small jobs.
Ask for both the hourly rate and an estimated number of hours for your specific home before comparing companies, since those two figures together determine your final bill. The movers listed below serve the Franklin area and are a reasonable starting point.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Johnson County.
71% arrived from elsewhere in Indiana. 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 movers66% 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 $70,154 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Indiana report $59,410. 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 Johnson County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 29% 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 Indiana migration page →
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