Moving Companies in Opelousas, LA
Opelousas movers price local jobs by the hour, and a handful of predictable pitfalls decide whether your final bill matches the estimate.
What it typically costs
A standard two-person crew and truck averages around $142 an hour in Louisiana, with a realistic range of $100 to $180 or more depending on the company and season. If you just need labor to load or unload a truck you already rented, expect around $80 an hour, with small jobs landing between $335 and $700. Full local moves in the state generally run $590 to over $4,500, depending on home size.
Where the bill grows
- The hourly clock often starts when the crew leaves its warehouse, not when they reach your door — ask how travel time is billed.
- Summer, especially July, is peak season; a weekend slot then can run 20% to 30% more than an off-season weekday.
- An unpacked home slows the crew and stretches the hourly total, so have every box taped and labeled first.
- Oversized items like pianos, gun safes, or hot tubs often carry a separate surcharge — flag them before booking.
Keep IDs, medications, and other essentials in your own car rather than the truck. For local pricing specific to your move, look over the movers listed below.
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Who's moving to Opelousas, LA
Federal tax-filer migration data for St. Landry Parish.
79% 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 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 $41,127 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Louisiana report $42,860. 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 St. Landry Parish rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 30% 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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