Moving Companies in Bethel, ME
Bethel's rural, mountainous location in Oxford County means movers often factor in travel time on top of their hourly rate. Local crews typically run $100 to $160 an hour for a two- or three-person team and truck, averaging around $135 statewide.
For a small apartment or home moving locally, expect a total between $600 and $1,500, mostly driven by how long loading and unloading takes. A medium to large three- or four-bedroom home runs considerably higher, often $1,800 to $4,500 or more, depending on total volume, stairs, and walkway access.
If you're heading out of state or down into southern New England, costs shift to weight and mileage instead of an hourly rate, frequently starting above $2,000 and climbing past $5,000 for a full household.
Because Bethel sits outside the main population centers, ask any company you call whether their quote already includes travel time from their base — that detail alone can change your final bill more than almost anything else.
Bethel's mountain terrain and shifting New England weather can also affect scheduling, so it helps to book with some flexibility and confirm your quote accounts for driveway and road conditions at the time of year you're moving.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Oxford County.
56% arrived from elsewhere in Maine. 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 movers47% 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 $76,596 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Maine report $50,445. 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 Oxford County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 42% 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 Maine migration page →
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