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Moving Companies in Smithville, MO

76
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14,857 reviews

Moving Costs Around Smithville

Smithville sits just north of Kansas City, and movers here typically also cover the wider KC metro rather than staying inside town limits. Rates in the area are usually hourly rather than flat, so it helps to know the going numbers before you call anyone.

What a Local Move Runs

A two-mover crew with a truck typically costs $100 to $135 per hour across the KC metro. A full local move covering one to three bedrooms lands between $1,100 and $2,100, with stairs and total item volume being the biggest swing factors.

Moving Out of the Area

Long-distance jobs are priced by weight and mileage instead of hours. Expect a range from $2,300 up to $8,000 or more, depending on how far you're going and how much you're bringing along.

Before booking, ask whether the hourly rate already includes the crew size you need, and whether a long carry from the truck to your door adds extra charges. It's worth getting more than one quote, since crews serving the same stretch of the Northland can price the same job differently. The list of movers serving Smithville and the surrounding KC area is right below.

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Who's moving to Smithville, MO

Federal tax-filer migration data for Clay County.

+579 net households
What kind of mover will you need?
Moving in
8,809 households arrived
63% under 50 mi 7% 50–250 mi 4% over 250 mi 27% not attributed

60% arrived from elsewhere in Missouri. 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.

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Moving out
8,230 households left
63% under 50 mi 5% 50–250 mi 4% over 250 mi 28% not attributed

63% of departures stayed under 50 miles. Short local moves are usually priced by the hour, so a regional company is often the cheaper call.

See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Net household change, five years
+1,052
18–19
+583
19–20
+103
20–21
+519
21–22
+579
22–23
Which states Smithville trades with

Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.

Kansas +267
1,739 in
1,472 out
Texas +16
143 in
127 out
139 in
74 out
Arizona -9
94 in
103 out
Nebraska +7
71 in
64 out
Nearby, under 50 miles
Kansas City, MO 17 mi Parkville, MO 10 mi Overland Park, KS 26 mi Richmond, MO 24 mi Kansas City, KS 15 mi Cameron, MO 25 mi Saint Joseph, MO 38 mi Raymore, MO 35 mi
Beyond 50 miles
Springfield, MO 156 mi Phoenix, AZ 1,052 mi Columbia, MO 118 mi St. Louis, MO 225 mi Wichita, KS 188 mi Warrensburg, MO 52 mi Omaha, NE 162 mi Topeka, KS 67 mi

Households arriving from another state report $65,891 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Missouri report $57,975. 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 Clay County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 28% 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 Missouri migration page →

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1,150
cubic feet — what a local crew loads
8,050 lb what a long-distance carrier quotes on
26 ft rental truck, if you drive it yourself

Industry rules of thumb — about seven pounds per cubic foot, and published rental-truck capacities. Not our carrier records, not a quote. Bring both numbers to the call and what you get back will finally be comparable.

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