Moving Companies in Burlington, VT
Local moves in the Burlington area are billed hourly rather than at a flat rate, with an added fee to get the truck to your address and back.
| Item | Typical Cost |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate (2-4 person crew) | $150–$200+ |
| Minimum booking | 2 hours |
| Small apartment / labor-only | $330–$750 |
| Larger multi-bedroom move | $700–several thousand |
On top of the hourly rate, expect a one-time travel or fuel surcharge for the trip from the company's base to your home. Rates also run higher during UVM's move-in and move-out weeks in late May and late August, so booking 3–4 weeks ahead helps during those windows.
Local Details Worth Knowing
The hourly clock often starts when the crew leaves their warehouse, not when they reach your door, so ask directly whether travel time is included. Downtown Burlington's tight streets and winter parking bans can mean you need a temporary parking permit for the truck. A cash tip of about $4–$6 per mover per hour, or 15–20% of the total split among the crew, is standard for a job well done.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Chittenden County.
71% arrived from another state. Long-haul moves need a carrier with active interstate operating authority — plenty of local companies don't hold one.
See licensed movers31% of departures went farther than 50 miles. Beyond that range moves are priced by weight and distance, and a state line means the carrier needs interstate authority.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Burlington refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country only partly replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $78,148 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Vermont report $62,430. 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 Chittenden County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 42% 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 Vermont migration page →
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