Expedite Moving, Inc. moves households from the Boston area to New Jersey. Our headquarters is at 1296 Lawrence St, Rahway, NJ — the delivery end of this route — so the crew unloading your shipment works in New Jersey every week.
Boston to Newark is about 225 miles, normally a single driving day. A long-distance move is priced on the volume of your shipment and the access at both ends, not on square footage and not by the hour.
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The drive is the easy part. Boston to Newark is roughly 225 miles down I-95 and the Merritt or I-84 and I-287, and a truck that leaves Boston in the morning is normally in New Jersey the same day. Nothing about the highway makes this move difficult.
What makes it difficult is the two ends, and they are difficult in completely different ways.
The Boston end is a parking problem. Much of the city is residential permit parking on streets that were laid out before trucks existed. Triple-deckers and brownstones rarely have a driveway, the legal spot outside your door may be a metered space, and a 26-foot truck double-parked on a one-way street in Somerville or the South End is a citation waiting to happen. The city has a formal way to solve this, and it is covered below.
The New Jersey end depends entirely on where you are landing. A single-family house in Union or Morris County is straightforward. A high-rise in Jersey City, Hoboken or Newark usually is not — most buildings of that type require a certificate of insurance from the mover before the truck is allowed on the property, and many restrict move-ins to a booked elevator window on weekdays. That paperwork takes days, not hours, and it is the single most common reason a delivery gets turned away at the door.
This route is not priced the way a local move is. Our New Jersey hourly rate card — $190 an hour for three movers with a truck, four-hour minimum that includes travel time — applies to local work inside New Jersey. It does not apply to a move that crosses state lines from Massachusetts.
A Boston to New Jersey move is quoted on the volume of what you are shipping, measured in cubic feet, plus the conditions at both ends. What moves the number:
We will not put a price on this page, because a number written without seeing what you own is a number that changes later. Tell us the origin, the destination and roughly what is going, and you get a written estimate. See our long-distance moving page for how the process runs, and packing services if you want that handled.
This is where most people moving out of Boston lose money, and the first thing to know contradicts what nearly everyone assumes.
The City of Boston is explicit about it: a permit "is not required, but it guarantees you a legal parking spot for the day of the move." You can move without one. You are then taking your chances on finding legal space for a truck on the day, which in most Boston neighbourhoods is a poor bet.
The permit reserves the kerb and comes with posted signs. The fee is built from four parts rather than being a flat charge, which is why quoted figures vary so much:
| Component | Amount |
|---|---|
| Base fee | $50 |
| Occupancy: $1 per square foot per month | $11 for a 40 ft × 8 ft space for one day |
| Signs | $4 per sign |
| Metered spaces | $20 per meter |
The city's own worked example: a one-day permit for a truck needing two metered spaces comes to about $110 — $50 base, $11 occupancy, $8 for two signs and $40 for two meters.
Two things worth knowing that are not obvious:
Source: City of Boston, Office of the Parking Clerk — "Reserve A Parking Spot For Your Moving Truck." Questions: movingtrucks@boston.gov or 617-635-2560. Fees current as of September 2026; confirm with the city before you budget.
Our base is Rahway, in Union County, which puts the delivery crew inside the state rather than four hours away from it. That matters more than it sounds on a route like this one, because the delivery day is when the problems show up.
We deliver across Union, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Bergen and Hudson counties, and elsewhere in the state on request. Before the truck leaves Boston we will want to know:
If you are moving within New Jersey afterwards, or want the local picture, our New Jersey movers page covers in-state work and the rate card that applies to it. Our Rahway headquarters page has the address, hours and map.
Boston to New Jersey crosses a state line, which puts the move under federal rules. One of those rules is worth understanding before you sign anything, because the default is much weaker than people expect.
Federal law requires a mover to offer two levels of liability:
| Option | What it means | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Released Value Protection | The mover is liable for 60 cents per pound per article. A 40-pound television is covered for $24, regardless of what it cost. | No additional charge |
| Full Value Protection | The mover is responsible for the replacement value of lost or damaged goods in the shipment, and will repair, replace or settle in cash. | Costs extra |
Released Value is free, and free is why people end up with it without quite deciding to. If you are shipping anything whose replacement cost is meaningfully above 60 cents a pound — and most electronics, most furniture and every musical instrument is — read the valuation section of the paperwork before you initial it.
Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, "Liability & Protection," fmcsa.dot.gov.
The drive is about 225 miles and normally one day. Loading and unloading are what set the overall schedule, along with any delivery window your New Jersey building imposes. We confirm dates in writing before the truck is loaded.
No. The City of Boston states that a permit is not required, but that it guarantees you a legal parking spot on the day of the move. Without one you are relying on finding legal space for a truck, which on most Boston streets is unlikely.
The fee is built from a $50 base, an occupancy charge of $1 per square foot per month, $4 per sign, and $20 per metered space taken. The city's worked example for a one-day permit using two metered spaces is about $110.
It depends on the volume of the shipment and the access at both ends, not on the size of your home. We give a written estimate after we see what is going, rather than quoting a range that changes on move day.
Under Released Value Protection, which is free and the default unless you choose otherwise, the mover is liable for 60 cents per pound per article. Full Value Protection covers replacement value and costs extra. Federal law requires both to be offered.
Most high-rise and managed buildings in Jersey City, Hoboken and Newark do, and many suburban condo associations do too. Ask your building manager early — the paperwork takes days, and a missing certificate is the most common reason a delivery is refused at the door.
Yes. Tell us at the estimate stage, because what goes to storage and what goes to the new address changes how the truck is loaded.
Yes — full packing, partial packing, or you pack and we load. Packing is priced separately and it is the single biggest lever on the total, so it is worth deciding early.
Tell us where you are leaving in the Boston area, where you are landing in New Jersey, and roughly what is coming. You will get a written estimate, not a phone number to chase.
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