Moving Companies in Wilmington, DE
A local crew in Wilmington averages around $150 per hour, with most local jobs totaling $543 to $5,071 and a typical move landing near $914. Long-distance pricing works differently, based on weight and mileage — cross-country or major interstate moves run $2,311 to $17,385, while a regional hop to neighboring Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Maryland averages closer to $2,714.
A few Wilmington-specific things worth planning around: narrow historic streets in areas like Trolley Square or downtown can mean a moving truck gets ticketed or has to park far away without the right permit, so check with the city beforehand. Wilmington also sits on the I-95 corridor, and if your mover bills hourly, a half-hour of traffic can quietly add to your final bill — mid-morning or mid-week moves tend to avoid the worst of it. Many homes in the area have tight Victorian or colonial stairwells, so ask whether the crew has experience with that kind of layout before you book. Always get a binding or not-to-exceed estimate rather than a phone-only ballpark, and if you're moving across state lines, confirm the company's USDOT number is active and its safety record is clean.
The list of Wilmington movers below is a solid place to start comparing those numbers.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for New Castle County.
90% 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 stayed under 50 miles. Short local moves are usually priced by the hour, so a regional company is often the cheaper call.
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Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $78,795 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Delaware report $64,134. 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 New Castle County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 36% 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 Delaware migration page →
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