Moving Companies in Lafayette, LA
A full crew and truck in Lafayette can run up toward $260 an hour at the high end of the local range, though most jobs land well below that peak depending on crew size.
Individual movers bill $40 to $80 per hour each, so a standard two-to-three-person crew with a truck typically totals $190 to $260 or more per hour combined. What that turns into for a full job depends on how much you own:
- Studio or 1-bedroom: $500 to $750
- 2-bedroom: $1,100 to $1,400
- 3-bedroom or larger: $2,200 to $3,000+, depending on volume and how much assembly is needed
Long-distance moves leaving the Lafayette area are priced differently, based on the weight and volume of your belongings and the mileage involved, rather than an hourly rate. Before booking any local crew, ask directly how many movers are included at the quoted hourly figure — a "per hour" number means little without knowing the headcount behind it, since a two-person crew and a four-person crew billed at similar-sounding rates can finish the same job in very different amounts of time.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Lafayette Parish.
72% 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 movers39% 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 $65,466 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Louisiana report $52,212. 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 Lafayette Parish rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 27% 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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