Moving Companies in Merrillville, IN
Labor-only help in Merrillville — where you provide the truck and the crew just loads or unloads — runs $75 to $95 per hour, with most jobs totaling $325 to $635. A full local move scales up from there: a 1- to 2-bedroom home typically totals $500 to $1,400, while a 3- to 4-bedroom home runs $1,000 to $3,000 depending on stairs, heavy items, and total volume. Adding packing service tacks on another $300 to $1,200 or more.
Hourly billing usually starts when the crew leaves their office and continues until they return, including drive time and any mandated breaks — ask for specifics on the travel fee policy before booking. Insist on an in-home or detailed virtual estimate rather than a vague phone quote, and get it in writing as binding or not-to-exceed.
Basic liability coverage only pays about $0.60 per pound per item, so a 20-pound television worth $1,000 would only be reimbursed $12 if it is damaged. Long hallways, steep stairs, and tight streets where a truck cannot legally park can also add shuttle or long-carry fees, so flag those details ahead of time. Movers legally cannot transport hazardous materials like propane, paint, or aerosols.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Lake County.
76% 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 movers52% 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 $59,278 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Indiana report $49,379. 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 Lake 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 Indiana migration page →
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