Moving Companies in Wainaku, HI
Wainaku is a small, historic coastal community just north of Hilo, so it's typically served by movers already based in Hilo rather than companies from elsewhere on the island.
Local hourly rates for a two- to three-person crew with a truck generally run $100 to $200 per hour. A studio or one-bedroom local move typically totals $300 to $700, while a three- to four-bedroom home runs $1,200 to $2,500 or more for a full-service crew that packs and transports everything. If you're leaving the Big Island entirely, container shipping costs jump sharply — expect $3,000 to $7,000 or more depending on home size and destination.
Because Wainaku is so close to Hilo, local moves here tend to land on the cheaper end of that range compared with more remote Big Island communities. If your move does involve shipping off-island, ask early about container scheduling — space fills up and the cost climbs the later you book.
To see who actually services this part of the coast, check the movers listed below.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Hawaii County.
77% 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 movers80% of departures left the state. Interstate moves are priced by weight and distance, and the carrier must hold active interstate operating authority.
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Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $91,394 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Hawaii report $62,529. 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 Hawaii County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 57% 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 Hawaii migration page →
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