Moving Companies in Excelsior, MN
Unique Logistics for Moves in Excelsior, MN
Relocating to or from Excelsior, a lakeside historic community, involves navigating narrow streets, tight corners, and parking restrictions especially around Lake Minnetonka and downtown Water Street. Large trucks may face fines or result in long-carry charges if they can't park near the entrance.
Hourly and Total Costs
Two-mover crews with trucks charge $150 to $225 per hour, three-mover crews $220 to $300 per hour, and four-mover crews over $300 per hour. Expect $400 to $1,600 total for one- or two-bedroom apartments and $1,500 to $3,800 or more for three- or four-bedroom homes, accounting for stairs and packing services.
A travel fee covering the trip to your home and back often equals one hour of work or a mileage rate. Extra fees apply for stairs without elevators, long carries, and heavy awkward items such as pianos, hot tubs, or safes. Minnesota law provides basic liability of $0.60 per pound per item, so a $2,000 television weighing 30 pounds yields only $18. Full value protection or insurance coverage helps. Rates increase 20 to 30 percent during peak summer from May through September and on weekends. Mid-week moves in the middle of the month, such as a Tuesday on the 14th, lower costs.
Knowing these local factors aids in accurate budgeting. The directory below lists more moving options in the area.
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Who's moving to Excelsior, MN
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
Excelsior 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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