Moving Companies in Cottage Grove, MN
Full local moves around Cottage Grove typically run $100 to $150 or more per hour for a truck and a two-to-three-person crew. If you just need labor to load or unload a truck you've already rented, expect $90 to $175 per hour, with jobs usually totaling $360 to $720.
- By home size, full-service totals run roughly: studio/1-bedroom $350–$1,500, two-to-three bedrooms $1,250–$3,000, four-plus bedrooms $2,000–$5,000+.
- Travel fees covering the crew's drive to and from your home typically add $50 to $200.
- Basic liability coverage is only $0.60 per pound per item; a 20-pound, $1,000 TV is covered for just $12 if it breaks.
- Book mid-month and mid-week when you can; end-of-month and summer dates cost more and fill up fast.
Keep essentials such as IDs, medication, and chargers with you, since movers won't transport hazardous items like propane or open chemicals anyway.
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Who's moving to Cottage Grove, MN
Federal tax-filer migration data for Washington 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 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 $87,404 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Minnesota report $78,917. 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 Washington County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 22% 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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