Paterson, NJ · licensed motor carrier
Movers in Paterson, NJ
Paterson is the third-largest city in New Jersey, with something like 145,948 people across Passaic County. It is big enough to have its own moving market rather than functioning as an outer suburb, sitting 20 miles from Newark.
- Licensed motor carrier, not a broker
- Its own crews, not dispatched from out of state
- Local, intrastate and interstate from Paterson
- Packing and storage available here
Moving in Paterson
Building requirements are the recurring obstacle: certificates of insurance, reserved elevators and narrow older stairwells. Confirm the building rules a week before the move, not the day before. Paterson has enough of its own volume that crews are based nearby rather than dispatched across the state, and that shows up as tighter arrival windows. The closest market we also cover is Newark, 20 miles out. The nearest large market outside New Jersey is New York, NY, about 20 miles and 1 day away.
A move out of Paterson is quoted and performed by the same company — no handoff to whoever happens to be running that lane this week.
Distances from Paterson
Approximate driving distance and a realistic transit window. Windows come from federal limits on driving hours, not from guesswork.
| Destination | Approx. distance | Typical transit |
|---|---|---|
| Newark, NJ | 20 mi | 1 day |
| Jersey City, NJ | 20 mi | 1 day |
| New York, NY | 20 mi | 1 day |
| Yonkers, NY | 20 mi | 1 day |
| Philadelphia, PA | 110 mi | 1 day |
ZIP codes in Paterson
The delivery area is wider than this list — these are the codes that come up most.
- 07501
- 07502
- 07503
- 07504
- 07505
- 07509
- 07510
- 07513
- 07514
- 07522
- 07524
- 07533
Other cities we serve in New Jersey
Moving in Paterson: common questions
Which Paterson ZIP codes do you cover?
07501, 07502, 07503, 07504, 07505, 07509, 07510, 07513 and the rest of the delivery area. An address on the edge of the city limits changes nothing about the price — it only matters for whether a full-size truck can reach the door.
How long does a move from Paterson take?
Local jobs load and unload the same day. Further out: Newark, NJ — 20 mi, 1 day; Jersey City, NJ — 20 mi, 1 day; New York, NY — 20 mi, 1 day. Past roughly 400 miles it becomes a long-haul schedule, and delivery is a window rather than a fixed hour.
Do you serve the rest of Passaic County?
Yes. Paterson is what people search for, but crews run throughout Passaic County and the surrounding towns.
Is a move from Paterson to another New Jersey city local or interstate?
Local, as long as it stays inside New Jersey. That changes the paperwork and usually the pricing model, since intrastate jobs are commonly billed hourly rather than by weight. Cross a state line and it becomes interstate even if the drive is twenty minutes.
Get a free Paterson moving quote
Tell us where you are going and when. One company calls you back — United Relocation, not ten brokers.