What does this section cover that the corridor pages do not?

The corridor pages answer "how do I get from state A to state B". This section answers the question one step earlier: I am leaving this specific place — how far are the common destinations, what delivery window does that distance imply, and is my move even an interstate move? It runs from all 51 states down through 3,144 counties to 6,156 cities and towns.

When is a move an interstate move?

The moment your shipment crosses a state line, however short the trip. A twenty-minute move across a state border carries the same federal requirements as a cross-country one: the carrier must hold FMCSA operating authority (a USDOT number plus household-goods authority), must give you the federal "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move" booklet, and must price the move against a published tariff rather than by the hour. A move that stays inside one state is intrastate and governed by that state's law instead.

Where do the distances on these pages come from?

They are geometric road estimates — great-circle distance between real coordinates, multiplied by a documented road factor, the same model used across this site. Where a place is one of the metros this site holds coordinates for, the figure is measured from the city itself and the page says so. Everywhere else it is measured from the state's population-weighted centre, and the page says that too. Neither is a substitute for the door-to-door mileage on your carrier's estimate.

Where do the cost ranges come from?

Every dollar figure in this section is produced by the same rate engine that powers the corridor pages and the quote quiz: crew handling by home size, plus a per-mile transport cost that steps down across distance bands. Nothing is written by hand, so no two surfaces on this site can disagree. They are informational estimates, not quotes.

Do you list moving companies here?

No. This section is about origin, distance and timing. Licensed interstate carriers that have joined the network are listed separately in the carrier directory, and any mover's USDOT number can be checked independently on the FMCSA SAFER system before you sign anything.

Origin coverage · 2026

Moving from your city

An interstate move is decided by one number you can know before you call anyone: how far it actually is. Distance sets the cost band, the delivery window, and whether you drive it in a day or three. This section works from the origin end — pick your state, then your county, then your city, and you get the real mileage from there to the destinations people leave for, the van-line delivery window each one implies, and a cost band computed by the same engine that powers every route page on this site.

States

Counties

3,144

Cities & towns

6,156

Where the interstate line falls

The most common mistake people make planning a move is assuming a short move is a local one. It is not the distance that decides — it is the state line. Cross it, and the shipment falls under federal rules: the carrier needs FMCSA operating authority, a USDOT number with household-goods authority, and has to price the job on weight and distance rather than by the hour. Stay inside the state and it is an intrastate move governed by state law, usually billed hourly, with a different complaint process behind it. Just over a third of US counties border another state, so this catches out more people than it should.

Each county page below names the states it actually borders, so you can see at a glance whether the short move you are planning crosses the line.

Browse by state

Every state links to its counties, and every county to its cities and towns. Population figures are US Census estimates.

Northeast

Connecticut9 counties
Maine16 counties
Massachusetts14 counties
New Hampshire10 counties
New Jersey21 counties
New York62 counties
Pennsylvania67 counties
Rhode Island5 counties
Vermont14 counties

Midwest

Illinois102 counties
Indiana92 counties
Iowa99 counties
Kansas105 counties
Michigan83 counties
Minnesota87 counties
Missouri115 counties
Nebraska93 counties
North Dakota53 counties
Ohio88 counties
South Dakota66 counties
Wisconsin72 counties

South

Alabama67 counties
Arkansas75 counties
Delaware3 counties
District of Columbia1 county
Florida67 counties
Georgia159 counties
Kentucky120 counties
Louisiana64 counties
Maryland24 counties
Mississippi82 counties
North Carolina100 counties
Oklahoma77 counties
South Carolina46 counties
Tennessee95 counties
Texas254 counties
Virginia133 counties
West Virginia55 counties

West

Alaska30 counties
Arizona15 counties
California58 counties
Colorado64 counties
Hawaii5 counties
Idaho44 counties
Montana56 counties
Nevada17 counties
New Mexico33 counties
Oregon36 counties
Utah29 counties
Washington39 counties
Wyoming23 counties

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The largest origin states

Where most interstate moves start, by population.

Moving from California

38,965,193 residents · 58 counties · Pacific

Moving from Texas

30,503,301 residents · 254 counties · West South Central

Moving from Florida

22,610,726 residents · 67 counties · South Atlantic

Moving from New York

19,571,216 residents · 62 counties · Middle Atlantic

Moving from Pennsylvania

12,961,683 residents · 67 counties · Middle Atlantic

Moving from Illinois

12,549,689 residents · 102 counties · East North Central

Moving from Ohio

11,785,935 residents · 88 counties · East North Central

Moving from Georgia

11,029,227 residents · 159 counties · South Atlantic

Already know your destination?

This site ships 24 state-to-state corridor guides and 70 metro-pair distance pages. If you know both ends of your move, start there instead.

Or use the state-to-state distance hub, the long-distance cost breakdown, or the car shipping guide if a vehicle is travelling separately.

Common questions

The corridor pages answer "how do I get from state A to state B". This section answers the question one step earlier: I am leaving this specific place — how far are the common destinations, what delivery window does that distance imply, and is my move even an interstate move? It runs from all 51 states down through 3,144 counties to 6,156 cities and towns.
The moment your shipment crosses a state line, however short the trip. A twenty-minute move across a state border carries the same federal requirements as a cross-country one: the carrier must hold FMCSA operating authority (a USDOT number plus household-goods authority), must give you the federal "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move" booklet, and must price the move against a published tariff rather than by the hour. A move that stays inside one state is intrastate and governed by that state's law instead.
They are geometric road estimates — great-circle distance between real coordinates, multiplied by a documented road factor, the same model used across this site. Where a place is one of the metros this site holds coordinates for, the figure is measured from the city itself and the page says so. Everywhere else it is measured from the state's population-weighted centre, and the page says that too. Neither is a substitute for the door-to-door mileage on your carrier's estimate.

Population figures are US Census estimates. Distances are geometric road estimates from a documented model, not routed door-to-door mileage. Cost ranges are informational estimates from this site's published rate model — not quotes, offers, or binding estimates.