Moving Companies in Rochester, NH
Pricing in Rochester scales mainly with home size and crew count. A standard two-mover crew with a truck runs $120 to $180 an hour, with statewide averages closer to $150 to $178 depending on whether you need two or three-plus movers. A studio or 1-bedroom typically costs $500 to $1,200 and takes three to five hours; a 2-to-3-bedroom home runs $1,300 to $3,000 over six to ten hours; a large 4-plus bedroom house can reach $3,000 to $5,500 or more.
The hourly clock on most local jobs starts the moment the crew leaves its warehouse, not when it arrives at your door, so budget for that travel time. Push for a binding, not-to-exceed number on paper rather than a verbal quote; a non-binding figure is only a guess, and nothing stops the final bill from legally climbing past it.
Basic liability coverage included by movers is minimal: about $0.60 per pound per item, so a 30-pound television only nets you around $18 if it's damaged in transit. If you're moving in the peak summer months, expect higher rates and earlier bookings, and in colder months make sure walkways are plowed and salted, since movers can refuse to carry heavy items over ice. Keep cash, medications, and important documents in your own car rather than on the truck.
For the specific companies covering Rochester, see the directory below.
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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 →
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