Moving Companies in Brainerd, MN
A two-person crew in this part of Minnesota averages around $105 per hour, though rates for larger crews or specialized outfits can run anywhere from $77 to over $175 per hour.
A full truck-and-crew local move typically totals $1,200 to $2,000. If you only need labor to load or unload a rental truck or storage container, expect $365 to $710 for the job instead.
Ask upfront how travel time to your home is billed, since it is often added on top of the hourly rate. For a closer look at who covers the Brainerd Lakes area, browse the local listings below.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Crow Wing County.
73% 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 movers33% of departures went farther than 50 miles. Beyond that range moves are priced by weight and distance, and a state line means the carrier needs interstate authority.
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 $81,593 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Minnesota report $81,797. 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 Crow Wing County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 40% 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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