Moving Companies in Grimes, IA
How much do local movers charge in Grimes?
A two-person crew and truck typically runs $75 to $100 or more per hour, though some quotes land closer to the statewide crew average of about $199 an hour.
What if I only need loading help?
Labor-only crews, for when you rent your own truck, average around $76 an hour, with most small jobs totaling $330 to $730.
What does a full local move cost overall?
Totals start near $884 for a small apartment and climb into the thousands for a larger, multi-bedroom home, more if you add full packing or a longer haul.
What if something breaks?
The coverage movers include by default is thin, about $0.60 per pound per item, so check whether that is enough for anything valuable before move day.
Any timing tricks worth knowing?
Weekends, month-end, and summer push rates higher. A mid-week, mid-month booking tends to cost less, and clearing snow or mud from walkways ahead of a winter move keeps the crew moving instead of stalling.
A look through the listings below is a reasonable next step for comparing who actually serves this area.
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Who's moving to Grimes, IA
Federal tax-filer migration data for Polk County.
57% 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 movers41% 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
Grimes refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country more than replaces them. Head count stayed flat all the same — arriving households are smaller (1.56 people on average) than the ones leaving (1.63), so the city gained homes without gaining residents.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $67,493 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Iowa report $64,014. 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 Polk County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 29% 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 →
How much truck space do you need?
I’m moving a that’s .
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.