Moving Companies in Shakopee, MN
Local moves in Shakopee run $100 to $180 per hour for a two-person crew and truck, with full local moves typically totaling $400 to $1,500 or more depending on home size.
Most companies add a separate trip fee, usually about an hour of travel time, to cover getting the truck from their warehouse to your address and back. Basic liability coverage is thin by law, just $0.60 per pound per item, so ask about upgraded protection for anything valuable. Stairs or heavy items like a piano or safe often add a flat $50 to $150 surcharge.
Timing matters too: rates spike at the very start and end of the month and on weekends. Booking mid-week and mid-month instead can save 10% to 20%. Minnesota also requires intrastate movers to hold a certificate from the state Department of Transportation, worth checking before you book.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Scott County.
78% 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 movers65% 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 $75,373 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Minnesota report $82,545. 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 Scott County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 27% 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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