Moving Companies in Dover, NH
Local movers in Dover average $178 an hour for a standard crew and truck, though labor-only help — where you drive the truck yourself — starts around $396 for the job.
What changes the total
- Travel time or a fuel surcharge for the crew’s drive from their depot to your address and back
- Winter and early-spring bookings, when snow and ice can double the time it takes to load a truck
- Heavy or oversized pieces — pianos, safes, pool tables, large antiques — which can add $150 to $400 in surcharges
- Downtown streets near Central Avenue and Silver Street, where parking a large truck may need a city permit
Crews typically run 2 to 4 movers, scaled to the size of your home. Ask upfront whether a weather delay comes with an extra charge for shoveling or salting walkways before the truck can load.
Basic liability coverage included with most movers pays only $0.60 per pound per item — a 30-pound television is worth just $18 under that policy, so anything valuable is worth asking about full value protection instead.
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Who's moving to Dover, NH
Federal tax-filer migration data for Strafford County.
57% 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 movers56% 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 $73,594 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in New Hampshire report $69,861. 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 Strafford County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 34% 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 New Hampshire migration page →
How much truck space do you need?
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Industry rules of thumb — about seven pounds per cubic foot, and published rental-truck capacities. Not our carrier records, not a quote. Bring both numbers to the call and what you get back will finally be comparable.