Moving Companies in Star, ID
Moving Companies in Star, ID
Star sits in the fast-growing Boise metro, and local movers price a job by the hour: $80 to $150 for a two-person crew with a truck. If you rent your own truck and just need help loading or unloading, labor-only rates run about $84 an hour, with total jobs typically $330 to $680. Full-service packing adds another $300 to $1,000 or more depending on home size.
What to Confirm Before Booking
Most local companies enforce a 2- to 3-hour minimum, so a short job still gets billed for that full window. Travel or fuel fees are usually a flat charge — often equal to an hour of labor or a set mileage rate — so ask how that's calculated. Heavy items like pianos or safes, plus stairs or long carries from the truck to your door, typically carry separate surcharges. Verify that your mover is properly registered with the state before booking, and reserve your date 4 to 6 weeks ahead during the busy late-spring and summer stretch.
Pack an "open first" box with toiletries and chargers, and keep cash on hand if you plan to tip — 15% to 20% of the total, or $20 to $40 per mover for a half-day job, is standard.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Ada County.
68% 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 movers43% 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
Star 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 $92,984 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Idaho report $58,798. 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 Ada County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 24% 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 Idaho migration page →
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