Long Distance Moving

Miller Transfer and Storage – One of Barstow’s Recommended Cross Country Moving Companies

Miller Transfer and Storage is one of the many licensed cross country moving companies representing Wheaton Van Lines. The company is a member of the California Moving and Storage Association with GSA and Military approval. It offers local, interstate and international shipments with 7 vans in operations and a 35,000-square feet warehouse located in Barstow, California.

A Strategic Location

Miller Transfer’s Barstow location is truly strategic for its moving business as the city is in fact a major transportation center in the region. The city was even named after the railroad tycoon William Barstow Strong. Barstow is indeed an ideal location for excellent logistics as evident in the fact that the US Marine Corps even has a logistics base in the city.

Barstow is a part of the San Bernardino County where major highways converge, including Interstate 40 and Interstate 15 which is a main west-east and north-south thoroughfare, respectively. I-40 links Barstow to Wilmington, North Carolina and all major junctions in between while I-15 connects Barstow to the San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and is also a major road for traffic between Southern California and the states of Nevada and Las Vegas and to all points beyond.

Moves to and within Barstow

Barstow’s economy relies heavily on transportation and many cross country moving companies are flourishing in the city like Miller Transfer and Storage. In addition to this, the city has a population of slightly more than 20,000 which includes about 8,900 households and 5,200 families. The fact that Barstow is located far from urban centers is a strong reason for some locals to consider moving out of the city, either to a major city within California or across the country.

However, local moves are also common in Barstow. A local move is when a household or a business moves to a new location just 100 miles from their current address. One factor that may contribute to local moving activity is the fact that the average household in Barstow has earned close to $12,000 more from 2000 to 2007 so residents can afford to move or get a new house.

At the same time, the median value of houses or condominiums in the city has dropped sharply from $207,221 in November of 2006 to an estimated value of just $95, 929 in September of 2009, according to industry data. The figure may show that there was an increase of .21 percent from August to September of this year but the bigger picture shows, that residential real estate in Barstow depreciated 18.8 percent in the last 12 months.

There are a total of 642 homes for sale in the city or about 14 percent of vacancies in the market. With the cheap real estate property here, it is not surprising that the average period a property stays on the market is just 125 days, fewer than the state average of 142 days. Miller Transfer and Storage can handle residential moves whether a household is moving just across Barstow or to any of its outlying cities or even beyond the state.