Moving Companies in Bismarck, ND
Bismarck movers price jobs one of two ways, depending on whether you need a full crew with a truck or just labor.
Labor-only help, for when you've already rented a truck or POD, generally runs $80 to $110 per hour per mover, with small jobs averaging $330 to $730 total. A full-service local move — crew plus truck — for a one-to-two-bedroom home typically costs $150 to $300 or more per hour, with apartment moves often landing between $500 and $1,500 depending on stairs, heavy items, and how much you're moving. Most companies enforce a two-to-three-hour minimum charge.
Ask upfront whether your quote already covers stairs, awkward items like a safe or piano, and the crew's drive time to your home, since those are the most common add-ons that push a bill higher than expected.
Share your home size and any heavy items when requesting quotes so companies can give you an accurate hour estimate rather than a rough guess, since minimums mean even a short job costs more than the hourly rate alone suggests. The listings below cover local Bismarck-Mandan movers worth comparing.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Burleigh County.
58% arrived from elsewhere in North Dakota. 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 movers51% of departures stayed inside North Dakota. In-state moves are handled by regional carriers licensed at the state level.
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 $62,534 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in North Dakota report $60,532. 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 Burleigh County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 49% 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 North Dakota migration page →
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