Moving Companies in Portsmouth, OH
Browse the movers below to arrange your Portsmouth relocation. Costs vary according to residence size plus the decision to use a full crew with truck versus labor only.
Typical Expenses
| Move Type | Typical Cost |
|---|---|
| Labor-only in Portsmouth | $357.06 to $701.42 |
| Two-person crew plus truck (Ohio hourly) | $122 per hour |
| Local move within 50 miles (studio to 3-bedroom) | $350 to $1,100 |
| Labor-only hourly rate | $84 per hour |
| Labor-only job total | $350 to $700 |
| Long-distance move | $2,500 to $8,500+ |
| Hot tubs, pianos, oversized safes and heavy pool tables | $150 to $400+ |
Billing usually runs from when the team departs its location until it gets back, which means 30 minutes of travel each direction adds one hour. Confirm the starting point of the clock, garage or door.
Seek a binding not-to-exceed quote that can decrease with shorter work but cannot increase absent a signed change order.
Distances over 75 feet between entrance and vehicle, along with the cramped historic staircases typical of older houses around here, frequently result in added long-carry or stair charges.
Standard protection amounts to $0.60 per pound per item. Thus a television priced at $1,000 and weighing 30 pounds brings just $18. See if current renter or homeowner coverage includes the move, or add full-value protection.
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Who's moving to Portsmouth, OH
Federal tax-filer migration data for Scioto County.
63% arrived from elsewhere in Ohio. 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 movers58% of departures stayed inside Ohio. 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
Portsmouth 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 (1.7 people on average) than the ones leaving (1.64), 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 $49,182 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Ohio report $39,602. 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 Scioto County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 53% 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 Ohio migration page →
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