Guide

Sources and data models

We publish the version of every model behind a number on this site, and we label estimates as estimates.

Moving Cost Editorial Team · Pricing model pricing-v1.0 · Estimates last recalculated 2026-08-01

We do not license third-party moving-cost datasets, and we do not present internal assumptions as sourced statistics. Where a figure is modelled, the page that renders it says so and links here.

Model register

  • Pricing engine (pricing-v1.0) — Weight-based line-haul model with distance bands, metro labor indices, seasonal multipliers and method comparisons.
  • Distance model (distance-v1.0) — Great-circle distance between city-center coordinates with a tapering circuity factor, published as an estimate.
  • Home size profiles (home-size-v1.0) — Weight and volume ranges per home size, used as estimating assumptions rather than measured averages.
  • Route priority model (route-priority-v2.0) — Internal 0–100 prioritisation score deciding which routes get an editorial page. Not search volume, not migration data.

Claims we do not make

  • We do not quote national average moving costs as a measured fact.
  • We do not publish carrier tariff rates we have not been given.
  • We do not describe our route scores as search demand or migration volume.