Moving Companies in Seaside, OR
The Straightforward Version
If you're staying within about 50 to 100 miles, expect an hourly rate — typically $105 to $165 an hour for two movers and a truck, with busy summer weekends sometimes pushing closer to $200. Statewide, the average hourly rate lands around $144. A typical two- to three-bedroom local move totals $1,000 to $1,800.
Heading out of state or well past 100 miles flips the pricing model entirely — you're billed by weight and distance instead of the clock, and a two- to three-bedroom long-distance move commonly runs $3,400 to $5,000 or more.
A few coastal quirks worth knowing: crews often add a travel fee to cover the drive out from their base, since many dispatch from Astoria or the Portland area rather than being based right here. Rain and salt air can weaken cardboard fast, so ask if the company uses shrink-wrap and rubber floor runners. And if your street is narrow or a big truck can't park close, budget for a possible shuttle fee to move things into a smaller vehicle.
Booking outside the May-to-September rush tends to help on both price and availability. When you're ready to compare, the movers listed below serve this stretch of the coast.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Clatsop County.
61% 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 movers66% of departures left the state. Interstate moves are priced by weight and distance, and the carrier must hold active interstate operating authority.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Seaside refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country more than replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $74,543 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Oregon report $114,631. 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 Clatsop County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 57% 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 Oregon migration page →
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