Moving Companies in Reno, NV
Start with the movers listed below on this page to see who actually covers your part of Reno before comparing prices.
Reno moving costs split into two categories. A local move under 50 miles is billed hourly, averaging around $120 per hour for a 2-to-3 person crew and truck, with total local costs ranging from $550 to $4,000 depending on home size. A long-distance move is priced instead by total weight and mileage, and can run anywhere between $2,000 and more than $10,000, depending on how much you're moving.
Nevada requires local movers to be licensed through the Nevada Transportation Authority rather than just a federal number, so it's worth confirming a company holds an active state certificate before booking.
Local companies also legally charge for travel time, the drive their crew makes out to your pickup address and back again afterward, so ask how that's calculated upfront. Steep or icy driveways in hillside neighborhoods can also mean a smaller shuttle truck is needed, and mountain passes on routes like I-80 can face winter closures, so building a day or two of buffer into a long-distance moving timeline is worth doing.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Washoe County.
77% arrived from another state. Long-haul moves need a carrier with active interstate operating authority — plenty of local companies don't hold one.
See licensed movers55% 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
Reno refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country more than replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $113,135 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Nevada report $73,685. 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 Washoe County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 29% 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 Nevada migration page →
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