Moving Companies in Castine, ME
Start with the movers listed below before you set a budget for a move to or from Castine, out on Maine's peninsula.
Because most local jobs run under 50 miles, movers here price by the hour instead of by weight. A standard two-person crew averages $135 to $145 per hour statewide, climbing to $210 or more per hour once a third mover joins. Total local costs across Maine typically land between $550 and $4,500 depending on home size -- a small apartment or partial load stays near the bottom, while a three- or four-bedroom house pushes toward the top.
Castine's narrow peninsular roads and older homes with tight staircases can slow a crew down, which matters when you're billed hourly, so ask how access issues factor into the estimate. Being out on a peninsula also stretches ordinary travel distances, so a move that looks short on a map can still add real drive time to the clock. Few movers keep a storefront in Castine itself, so expect a company from a nearby Hancock County hub to service the area -- confirm whether that travel time to reach you is built into the quoted rate before you sign anything.
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Who's moving to Castine, ME
Federal tax-filer migration data for Hancock County.
59% 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 movers50% 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
Castine refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country only partly replaces them.
Households arriving from another state report $99,267 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Maine report $55,913. 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 Hancock County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 64% 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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