Moving Companies in Belgrade, MT
Belgrade and the greater Gallatin Valley, including the Bozeman Pass corridor, see mountain weather that can shift fast and a busy season that fills up local schedules quickly.
Local hourly rates for a two-person crew and truck run about $90 to $180 an hour, close to Montana's statewide average of roughly $128. A standard local move, apartment or small home, typically totals $480 to $2,500 or more depending on the volume of items and stairs involved. Moving out of the area entirely starts north of $1,600 and climbs quickly based on weight and mileage.
Because Belgrade sits right next to Bozeman, crews sometimes dispatch from just up the road, so booking a weekday or early morning slot generally gives you more flexibility to lock in a lower rate than trying to schedule during a busy summer weekend. Whether you go with a full-service crew or scale down to just hourly labor for a smaller load, getting that hourly rate and any minimum charge in writing upfront is what keeps the final bill in line with what you were quoted.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Gallatin County.
76% 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
Belgrade refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country only partly replaces them. Head count stayed flat all the same — arriving households are smaller (1.39 people on average) than the ones leaving (1.46), so the city gained homes without gaining residents.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $87,259 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Montana report $58,491. 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 Gallatin County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 54% 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 Montana migration page →
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