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Planning estimates built from published industry cost ranges, not from completed-move records. Estimates cover full-service moving: loading, transport, unloading, and exclude storage, auto shipping and specialty items.

What does a long-distance move cost?

A 2-bedroom home moved 1,000 miles costs $3,700–$5,900. Every combination of home size and distance is below.

Long-distance moving cost by home size and distance, full-service, off-peak
Home size400 miNeighbouring state1,000 miRegional1,800 miLong haul2,800 miCoast to coast
Studio300 cu ft$1,450–$2,3502–4 days$1,850–$3,0004–7 days$2,150–$3,4505–9 days$2,350–$3,7507–14 days
1 bedroom450 cu ft$1,900–$3,1002–4 days$2,450–$3,9504–7 days$2,800–$4,5005–9 days$3,100–$4,9007–14 days
2 bedrooms800 cu ft$2,900–$4,6502–4 days$3,700–$5,9004–7 days$4,200–$6,8005–9 days$4,650–$7,3507–14 days
3 bedrooms1,200 cu ft$3,950–$6,4002–4 days$5,100–$8,1504–7 days$5,800–$9,4005–9 days$6,400–$10,1507–14 days
4+ bedrooms1,700 cu ft$4,900–$7,9002–4 days$6,250–$10,0504–7 days$7,150–$11,5505–9 days$7,900–$12,5007–14 days

Planning estimates built from published industry cost ranges, not from completed-move records. Full-service moving: loading, transport and unloading. Excludes packing, storage and vehicle shipping. Move in a peak summer month and add roughly a fifth.

How a long-distance move runs

A representative timeline, not live tracking of a booking. Every stage below is where a price can still move, which is exactly why the estimate type matters.

Estimate
Inventory survey
Load day
Delivery window
  • Priced by route, not by national averageAn average blends a studio going 200 miles with a five-bedroom going coast to coast.See the cost index
  • Timing moves the price by about 29%Worth well over a thousand dollars on a long-distance move, and almost nobody publishes it.When to move
  • Check the USDOT number before you pay a depositMost long-distance complaints trace back to a broker reselling the job. Checking takes a minute.Check a mover free

Every licensed interstate mover, in one place

We track 87,977 companies holding federal household-goods authority, across all 50 states, DC and US territories: refreshed from the FMCSA register, data as of 2026-08-11. Search any of them by name or USDOT number, free.

  1. CA13,294
  2. TX8,765
  3. IL6,234
  4. FL5,154
  5. OH4,234
  6. PA4,142
  7. GA3,351
  8. NC2,938
  9. NJ2,696
  10. IN2,531
  11. WA2,143
All 55 states and territoriesincluding the 32,495 companies outside the top 11
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