Moving Companies in Bloomington, MN
A two-person crew with a truck for a local move in Bloomington generally costs $100 to $180 per hour, with the final bill driven mostly by hours worked and whichever extra fees apply.
Fees that catch people off guard
- A one-time charge for driving the crew from their warehouse to your door and back is common, running anywhere from a flat $50 to $150 or the equivalent of an extra hour billed.
- Minnesota law caps standard mover liability at $0.60 per pound per item, so a $1,000 TV weighing 20 pounds would only be reimbursed for about $12 unless you buy added protection.
- Long hallways, stairs without an elevator, and heavy specialty pieces such as pianos, safes, or solid oak furniture can add charges if you don't flag them ahead of time.
Timing and tipping
Demand rises from May through September, especially around the first and last few days of each month when leases turn over, which can push rates 15% to 25% higher and fill schedules weeks out. Booking mid-week or mid-month is the simplest way around that premium.
Crews generally expect a tip: budget $20 to $40 for each mover on a job that wraps up in half a day, or set aside 15% to 25% of your total invoice to divide among the team after a full day's work. Bring cash, since gratuities on a card usually aren't an option.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Hennepin County.
58% arrived from elsewhere in Minnesota. 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 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
Bloomington refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country only partly replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $81,698 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Minnesota report $63,577. 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 Hennepin 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 Minnesota migration page →
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