Moving Companies in Houma, LA
Moving Companies in Houma, LA
What do local movers charge per hour?
Crews in the Houma area typically bill $110 to $160 an hour for a standard two-to-three-person team, with the statewide average sitting around $135 to $142.
What does a full move cost?
A local apartment or small-home move generally lands between $350 and $900 for a two-to-four-hour job. Bigger homes with three or more bedrooms can run $1,000 to $3,000 or more once you add volume, stairs, or heavy specialty pieces. Leaving the Houma area entirely pushes the total to $1,800 to $5,500 or more.
What's the catch with insurance?
The coverage every mover includes by law is thin: about $0.60 per pound per item. A 30-pound television worth $1,000 would only be reimbursed $18 if it's damaged, so ask about full-value protection if your belongings are worth more than that math covers.
Should I tip the crew?
It's optional but customary. Figure on about $20 for each crew member if the job wraps up in a half day, and closer to $50 apiece if it stretches into a full, tiring day.
With those ranges in mind, the local movers listed just below are worth a look before you commit to one.
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Who's moving to Houma, LA
Federal tax-filer migration data for Terrebonne Parish.
71% arrived from elsewhere in Louisiana. 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 movers43% 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 $49,271 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Louisiana report $42,031. 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 Terrebonne Parish rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 37% 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 Louisiana migration page →
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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.