Moving Companies in Kathleen, FL
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- Hourly rate — expect $100 to $200 per hour for a 2-to-3 person crew, with totals landing between $400 and $1,500 for most local homes.
- Travel fee — Kathleen is unincorporated, so crews often dispatch from Lakeland or Winter Haven and may add a small fuel or transit charge.
- State registration — verify the company with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or by calling 1-800-HELP-FLA.
- Long carry and stairs — ask if there's an extra charge when the truck can't park close to your door or multiple flights are involved.
- Heavy items — pianos, safes, and pool tables usually carry a flat surcharge on top of the hourly rate.
- Valuation coverage — basic protection pays only 60 cents per pound per item, so ask about Full Value Protection for anything costly.
- Driveway access — rural or dirt driveways can be soft; make sure the turnaround area is clear and firm before the truck shows up.
- Clock start and stop — confirm exactly when hourly billing begins, since some companies add a travel-time hour before they even arrive.
Booking mid-week and mid-month, rather than a weekend or the start or end of the month, tends to bring the lowest rate — the local options below are worth comparing against this list.
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Who's moving to Kathleen, FL
Federal tax-filer migration data for Polk County.
59% arrived from elsewhere in Florida. 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.
See licensed movers36% 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
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $65,175 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Florida report $51,083. 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 Polk County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 23% 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 Florida migration page →
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