Moving Companies in Metairie, LA
In Metairie, the number that moves your total isn't just the hourly rate — it's how crew size and minimum charges interact with the hours your move actually takes.
- A 2-person crew runs $130 to $170 per hour, a reasonable fit for a small apartment or 1-bedroom.
- A 3-person crew runs $180 to $230 per hour, sized for a 2-to-3-bedroom home.
- A 4-person crew or larger runs $250 to $310 or more per hour, meant for bigger family homes.
Nearly every company here holds to a floor of 2 to 3 billed hours no matter how fast the crew wraps up, so a bigger team can sometimes end up cheaper overall by shrinking the total time on the clock even though its per-hour rate looks steeper. Some regional providers also offer flat-rate options tied to a specific inventory size, letting you lock in the total ahead of time instead of watching a clock.
Before booking, ask how the company counts hours — from arrival at your door, or from when the truck leaves their lot — since that detail changes what the quoted rate actually costs you. With a rough sense of your home size and crew needs, take a look at the movers listed on this page.
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Who's moving to Metairie, LA
Federal tax-filer migration data for Jefferson Parish.
67% 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 movers50% 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 $53,938 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Louisiana report $54,780. 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 Jefferson Parish rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 23% 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.