Long-distance carriers
Past roughly 450 miles the arithmetic inverts. Crew hours stop being the story and transport takes over: what you own has to be weighed, loaded, driven, and delivered on a schedule that may not be yours. These are the companies that carry it, and the reason a quote from one can look nothing like a quote from another.
Typical range, studio to large home
$1,725–$9,600
Interstate move, ~1,000 miles, off-peak date, you pack. · how we calculate
Cost by home size
| Home size | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bedroom | $1,725 | $2,100 | $2,550 |
| 2 Bedroom | $2,675 | $3,275 | $4,000 |
| 3 Bedroom | $3,900 | $4,750 | $5,800 |
| 4 Bedroom | $5,325 | $6,500 | $7,925 |
| 5+ Bedroom | $6,450 | $7,875 | $9,600 |
What you are actually buying
Loading at origin, linehaul transport, and delivery at destination, usually inside a delivery window rather than on a fixed day. Whether your goods travel alone or share a trailer with other shipments is the single biggest determinant of both price and timing.
How this tier is priced
Shipment weight multiplied by a distance-based rate, plus accessorial charges for stairs, long carries, shuttles, and packing. Interstate carriers operate under a published tariff; the estimate you sign can be binding, non-binding, or binding not-to-exceed, and those three words change what happens if the load weighs more than the survey said.
Watch for: The estimate type and the delivery window. A non-binding estimate is a prediction, not a price, and a four-week window is a very different product from a four-day one at the same headline number.
Who this is the right answer for
Any move crossing a state line or exceeding a day's drive. Below that distance, an hourly local crew is usually cheaper and faster.
What this tier costs in major metros
Interstate figures are deliberately notscaled by a local index, because the bill is dominated by weight and mileage priced on a national carrier basis and the crew hours split between two markets. The row below is therefore the same figure in each origin metro, and the link takes you to that metro's local rates, which do differ.
| Metro | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $3,275 | $2,675–$4,000 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $3,275 | $2,675–$4,000 |
| Chicago, IL | $3,275 | $2,675–$4,000 |
| Houston, TX | $3,275 | $2,675–$4,000 |
| Dallas, TX | $3,275 | $2,675–$4,000 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $3,275 | $2,675–$4,000 |
See every metro we publish rates for on moving costs by city.
Price your long-distance move
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Companies serving this tier
Sample listings, shown so the directory format is visible while real companies are onboarded. They carry no USDOT number, no address and no trading history, are excluded from our sitemap, and are served noindex. Ordering reflects membership tier and service area, never a score.
Sample listing
Chicago origin, interstate destinations nationwide
Prices on: Shipment weight and mileage under a published tariff, with accessorials itemised.
Cost data: Chicago rates
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Long-distance carriers FAQ
$1,725–$9,600 across the home sizes this tier normally serves, at these assumptions: interstate move, ~1,000 miles, off-peak date, you pack. A peak-season date adds roughly 15% and the last five days of a month another 8%.
Shipment weight multiplied by a distance-based rate, plus accessorial charges for stairs, long carries, shuttles, and packing. Interstate carriers operate under a published tariff; the estimate you sign can be binding, non-binding, or binding not-to-exceed, and those three words change what happens if the load weighs more than the survey said.
The estimate type and the delivery window. A non-binding estimate is a prediction, not a price, and a four-week window is a very different product from a four-day one at the same headline number.
Any move crossing a state line or exceeding a day's drive. Below that distance, an hourly local crew is usually cheaper and faster.
Barely. An interstate move is priced on shipment weight and mileage under a national carrier basis, with crew hours split between the origin and destination markets, so we deliberately do not scale these figures by a local index. Local tiers are a different story: see New York or Phoenix for how far local rates diverge.