Moving Companies in Ellsworth, ME
Ellsworth movers price jobs two ways: hourly labor-only help for loading or unloading a truck you've rented yourself, or a full-service crew-and-truck move billed by the hour with a higher total. The table below breaks down what each option typically costs locally.
| Service | Typical Cost |
|---|---|
| Labor-only (hourly) | $83 - $85/hour |
| Labor-only (full job) | $330 - $730 |
| Full-service local move | $800 - $2,500+ |
Winter and early spring bring real risk in Hancock County -- ice, snow, and mud can make rural or unpaved driveways impassable for a large truck, so ask whether your mover charges extra for treacherous conditions or expects you to clear and salt walkways yourself. If your move heads toward Mount Desert Island or another peninsula, confirm whether travel time is billed from the moment the crew leaves their depot until they return. Always get a binding or binding-not-to-exceed estimate from an in-home or detailed virtual walkthrough, rather than a rough phone quote. Standard basic liability covers only about 60 cents per pound per item, so a broken television recovers a small fraction of its value unless you add Full Value Protection or check your homeowner's policy.
The table and the mover directory below cover the local options worth comparing before you book.
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Who's moving to Ellsworth, 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
Ellsworth 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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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.