Moving Companies in Boone, KY
Browse the movers covering Boone County below, then use these numbers to budget your move in Florence, Burlington, or Union.
What Local Movers Charge
Kentucky crews typically charge $90 to $95 an hour per mover, so a standard two-person crew with a truck runs about $180 to $200 an hour total. Most companies enforce a two-hour minimum, meaning your baseline for professional labor starts around $360 before travel fees or packing supplies.
Total cost for a full local move ranges from about $360 for a small studio up to nearly $3,000 for a larger four-bedroom home, depending on crew size and hours worked. Rates also tend to climb 20 to 30 percent during peak season, roughly May through September, and around the very start or end of any month, so a mid-month date outside summer is your best shot at the lower end of the range. Kentucky has more than two dozen licensed movers, so comparing a few hourly quotes before booking is worth the time, especially since crew size alone can noticeably shift your hourly total.
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Who's moving to Boone, KY
Federal tax-filer migration data for Rockcastle County.
85% arrived from elsewhere in Kentucky. 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
Households arriving from another state report $30,842 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Kentucky report $40,084. 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 Rockcastle County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 44% 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 Kentucky migration page →
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