Moving Companies in Deadwood, SD
Because Deadwood sits inside a small historic mountain town with limited options based right in the city, it helps to start by looking through the movers listed on this page, most of which serve the area from nearby Black Hills towns like Spearfish or Rapid City.
Local hourly rates across South Dakota average $150 to $200 for a standard two-to-three person crew and truck, close to the statewide average of about $182 an hour. Statewide, full moves generally run between $692 and $6,036 depending on size and distance, while renting a truck yourself typically costs $58 to $132 for a local trip. Leaving the state entirely, interstate moves can range from $350 up to $5,800 or more, scaling heavily with the size of your home and total mileage.
Deadwood's terrain adds its own wrinkle: steep gulches and narrow historic streets on Main, Lee, and Sherman mean a full-size moving semi may not physically reach every front door, so describe your exact street and driveway when getting a quote to avoid a surprise shuttle fee. Winter and early spring bring ice and steep grades into the mix, and many homes here are older, with tight staircases that call for movers experienced with historic layouts. Asking for a binding, not-to-exceed estimate after an in-person or video walkthrough is the safest way to avoid the price ballooning on moving day.
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Who's moving to Deadwood, SD
Federal tax-filer migration data for Lawrence County.
69% 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 movers51% 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
Deadwood refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country only partly replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $103,703 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in South Dakota report $69,825. 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 Lawrence County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 68% 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 South Dakota migration page →
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