Moving Companies in Johnston, IA
Local moves in and around Johnston are billed hourly. A full crew with truck generally runs $130 to $180 per hour, while labor-only help for a truck you've already rented averages around $76 per hour. A studio or one-bedroom typically lands between $400 and $700, a two-to-three-bedroom home between $600 and $1,500, and a larger four-bedroom-plus home can reach $2,500 to $4,800 or more.
Ask exactly when billing starts: many companies charge from the moment their truck leaves the depot, not when it reaches your door. Tight staircases, third-floor walk-ups, or a driveway the truck can't park close to all add billable time, so clear those paths ahead of the crew's arrival. If you're moving during a wet or snowy stretch, protecting floors yourself with plastic or old rugs avoids extra delay.
Standard liability coverage is usually just $0.60 per pound per item, so a 30-pound, $1,000 television is only covered for $18 if it's damaged; ask about full-value protection if that matters to you. Keep medications, chargers, and documents in your own car rather than on the truck, and booking a weekday or mid-month date rather than a weekend often gets a better rate.
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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
Johnston 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 →
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