Moving Companies in Clear Lake, IA
Moving In or Out of Clear Lake
Prices split into two paths: hourly labor if you rent your own truck or container, or a full-service crew that brings everything.
Labor-only loading or unloading generally runs $80 to $200 an hour depending on crew size, with smaller partial-home or container jobs totaling $330 to $730. Full-service local moves across Iowa average $809 to $6,644, scaling heavily with home size and how much heavy furniture is involved.
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Many companies start billing when their truck leaves the office, not when it reaches your driveway, so ask directly. Push for a binding estimate based on an actual inventory list rather than a non-binding one that can climb on moving day. Standard liability coverage pays out at just $0.60 per pound per item — a 30-pound, $1,000 television is only covered for about $18 if dropped.
Clear Lake's swing between summer storms and winter ice is worth planning around; ask if the crew uses floor runners and shrink-wrap. Carrying items more than 75 feet from your door to the truck often triggers an extra charge, so mention any long driveways or stairs up front. Keep chargers, medication, and tools in your own car rather than packed away. Tipping runs roughly $20 to $50 per mover for the day, or about 15 to 20% of the bill split among the crew.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Cerro Gordo County.
61% arrived from elsewhere in Iowa. 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 movers60% of departures stayed inside Iowa. In-state moves are handled by regional carriers licensed at the state level.
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 $66,381 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Iowa report $61,048. 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 Cerro Gordo County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 59% 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 Iowa migration page →
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