Moving Companies in Long Island City, NY
139 moving companies are based in or next to Long Island City, NY, 11 of them based in the city itself. 56 of them hold active operating authority with the FMCSA. 41% carry insurance on file. Together they hold 31,929 customer reviews. A further 184 licensed carriers elsewhere in New York are cleared for long-distance work and quote here too. Below we rank the strongest 12 by photos, verified reviews, licensing and safety record — shortlist a trustworthy mover and request quotes in one step.
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Who's moving to Long Island City, NY
Federal tax-filer migration data for Queens County.
66% arrived from elsewhere in New York. 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 movers57% 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 $66,099 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in New York report $70,105. 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 Queens County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 7% 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 New York migration page →
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