MoveThe relocation ledger · A Moe Kahok publication
What your move will actually cost — by the numbers.
MoveNoble keeps the books on America's moves: route-by-route cost ledgers, a moving guide for every state, checklists that run on a timeline, and mover vetting built on federal records. Every figure is sourced to public data — IRS migration files, the U.S. Census Bureau, FMCSA — and shown with its source. No invented averages, no mover marketing dressed up as advice.
Moving Cost Calculator
Full calculator opens at launch — early 2027Estimates will be anchored to published survey averages — the average U.S. move runs about $3,020 (about $1,489 local, $3,129 long-distance) — and, where a route ledger exists, to that route's own data.
The route ledger — busiest routes in America
From our flagship study, Where Americans Moved — and the Money That Moved With Them, built on the IRS Statistics of Income migration files. Households are tax returns filed; income is the adjusted gross income those households carried with them.
| Route | Households | People | Avg. income (AGI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATX California → Texas | 44,417 | 82,481 | $107,273 |
| NYNJ New York → New Jersey | 43,699 | 73,471 | $116,966 |
| NYFL New York → Florida | 43,187 | 71,476 | $133,218 |
| CAAZ California → Arizona | 28,402 | 47,885 | $87,556 |
| FLGA Florida → Georgia | 28,263 | 50,483 | $65,134 |
See the route cost ledgers · All 50 state migration profiles
Start with a section
- Route Costs — what a specific state-to-state move costs, by home size and method
- Moving To — the arrival ledger for every state: costs, deadlines, first-month math
- Moving Costs — movers, containers, rental trucks, packing, storage, car shipping, hidden fees
- Checklists — the 8-week timeline and week-by-week lists that keep a move on schedule
- Mover Vetting — verify a USDOT number, read an estimate, spot the scams before they spot you
- Research — the migration study, state profiles, and the datasets behind them
Before you book any mover
Moving fraud runs on one play: a low phone quote, then your goods held until you pay more. It is preventable. Check the company's USDOT record, insist on knowing whether your estimate is binding, and never hire a mover you found through a quote form you can't trace. Start with the vetting ledger.
Flagship study
Where Americans Moved — and the Money That Moved With Them
Every year the IRS records where tax filers moved — and how much income moved with them. MoveNoble turns that file into a readable ledger: net households and net income for every state, the top 100 routes with the average income on each, and where high-income and under-35 households are actually going. Read the study.
MoveNoble opens in full in early 2027, ahead of the May–September moving season. The research ledgers and first cost guides publish first; route ledgers follow in order of how many households actually travel them.