How far is it from Davis to the states people move to most?

Nevada is about 243 miles, Oregon is about 552 miles, and Arizona is about 555 miles. Measured from California's centre rather than from Davis, because this site holds metro coordinates only for its corridor cities — treat these as corridor-scale figures and confirm door-to-door mileage with your carrier. A loaded interstate shipment on the shortest of those delivers in a 2–4-day window.

How far ahead should I book a move out of Davis?

A mid-size market, generally served by agents based in the nearest large metro, so surveys are easy to get but load dates cluster around the trailer's routing. Peak is May through September. The cheapest, most available window is November through February, and the saving on a long Pacific lane is meaningful.

What should I sort out before load day in Davis?

Urban parking permits, hillside streets and high-rise loading docks are the recurring constraints. In the coastal metros, confirm whether a shuttle is required before the estimate is finalized.

What would a 2 bedrooms move from Davis to Colorado cost?

Roughly $2,600–$5,275 over about 897 miles, delivering in a 2–5-day window. The band spans a lean full-service quote to a premium, packing-heavy one, and it is an estimate rather than a quote.

Origin city · Yolo County, CA · 2026

Moving from Davis, CA

Mid-size city of about 65,832 in Yolo County, Davis is a mid-size market, generally served by agents based in the nearest large metro, so surveys are easy to get but load dates cluster around the trailer's routing. Which matters, because the single biggest variable in an outbound quote from California is not the carrier you pick — it is the mileage on your lane and the season you load in.

Residents

65,832

County

Yolo

Corridor pages

Distance is the lever. At the near end of the set below, Nevada is about 243 miles — a single long day at roughly 4 hr 30 min with stops — with a 2–4-day delivery window on the shipment itself. Everything further out stretches both numbers, which is why a single average cost for "an interstate move" tells you nothing.

Worked example · Davis, CA → Colorado

2 bedrooms · 897 mi · 2–5-day delivery window

Full-service interstate, 2 bedrooms

$2,600–$5,275

Colorado at 897 miles is one of 8 destinations priced from Davis on this page. Change either variable and the number moves — that is the point of showing it.

What shapes an outbound move from Davis

Davis tops Yolo County's 4 places — about 30% of everyone in the county — the county's anchor origin, and the address carriers quote from when they price the wider area.

Yolo County is the 27th-largest of California's 58 counties, with about 0.6% of the state's residents. Outbound loads from counties this size are usually picked up by a carrier routed through the area, so a flexible load date is worth more here than it is in the state's biggest metro.

The largest county bordering Yolo County is Sacramento County, with 1,584,288 residents, larger than this one, so agents based there often cover both. That move stays inside California and is intrastate.

Yolo County is an interior California county, bordered by Sacramento County, Solano County, Napa County, and Sutter County — all inside California. Every one of those moves is intrastate and governed by California law; only a shipment that leaves the state crosses into federal territory, which is the line this site is built around.

Statewide, Davis sits 135th of the 434 places the Census records in California. Smaller origins are almost always served by a trailer already routed through the region, which is why lead time buys more here than carrier shopping does.

The Yolo County places closest to Davis in size — Woodland, West Sacramento, and Winters — book outbound moves the same way it does, Woodland sitting just under it at about 61,123. If your date can flex a day either way, an outbound load from a place this size usually rides with a shipment already scheduled nearby rather than getting a trailer of its own.

Yolo County has added about 2.0% more residents since 2020, roughly 4,253 people. Steady inbound growth keeps agents busy without saturating them, so outbound dates are generally obtainable with three or four weeks' notice outside the summer peak.

How far Davis is from where people move

Measured from California's population-weighted centre rather than Davis — this site holds metro coordinates only for its corridor cities, so treat these as corridor-scale figures. The drive column is your car; the delivery window is your furniture, and the two are not the same number.

Outbound from Davis, CA · geometric road estimates · full-service interstate · estimates, not quotes.
Destination	Miles	Drive	Delivery window	2-bedroom
Nevada	243	4 hr 30 min	2–4 days	$1,500–$3,050
Oregon	552	10 hr 15 min	2–5 days	$2,150–$4,325
Arizona	555	10 hr 15 min	2–5 days	$2,150–$4,325
Idaho	654	12 hr	2–5 days	$2,275–$4,600
Washington	835	15 hr 30 min	2–5 days	$2,525–$5,100
Colorado	897	16 hr 45 min	2–5 days	$2,600–$5,275
Texas	1,421	26 hr 30 min	3–7 days	$3,300–$6,700
Georgia	2,415	44 hr 45 min	5–10 days	$4,250–$8,625

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Davis to Colorado by home size

The same 897-mile lane as the example above, priced across every home size. Swap in any other destination from the table further up and the shape holds — only the mileage changes. Every figure comes from the same rate model as the quote quiz, so nothing on this site disagrees with anything else on it.

Davis, CA → Colorado · ~897 mi · full-service interstate · estimates, not quotes.
Home size	Low	Typical	High
Studio	$1,275	$1,925	$2,575
1 bedroom	$1,675	$2,525	$3,375
2 bedrooms	$2,600	$3,938	$5,275
3 bedrooms	$3,775	$5,725	$7,675
4+ bedrooms	$5,600	$8,400	$11,200

Licensing

Is your move out of Davis interstate?

A move that starts and ends inside California is an intrastate move, governed by California law rather than by the FMCSA. Different licence, different complaint process, and usually different pricing — intrastate work is commonly billed hourly while interstate work is billed on weight and distance. Verify a mover's state authority with the California agency that oversees motor carriers before you book, and do not assume a USDOT number alone covers an in-state move.

The moment your shipment crosses the California state line it is an interstate move under federal law. The carrier must hold active 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 an hourly rate. You can check any USDOT number yourself on the FMCSA SAFER system before you sign anything.

General information, not legal advice. See your rights on an FMCSA interstate move, the interstate moving checklist, and car shipping if a vehicle travels separately.

Corridors out of California

Moving from Davis: common questions

Nevada is about 243 miles, Oregon is about 552 miles, and Arizona is about 555 miles. Measured from California's centre rather than from Davis, because this site holds metro coordinates only for its corridor cities — treat these as corridor-scale figures and confirm door-to-door mileage with your carrier. A loaded interstate shipment on the shortest of those delivers in a 2–4-day window.
The moment your shipment crosses the California state line it is an interstate move under federal law. The carrier must hold active 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 an hourly rate. You can check any USDOT number yourself on the FMCSA SAFER system before you sign anything.
No. A move that starts and ends inside California is an intrastate move, governed by California law rather than by the FMCSA. Different licence, different complaint process, and usually different pricing — intrastate work is commonly billed hourly while interstate work is billed on weight and distance. Verify a mover's state authority with the California agency that oversees motor carriers before you book, and do not assume a USDOT number alone covers an in-state move.

Yolo County origins closest in size to Davis

See every place and the county-level picture on the Yolo County origin hub, or the state-to-state distance hub.

Population figures are US Census estimates. Distances are geometric road estimates from this site's documented model, not routed door-to-door mileage. Cost ranges are informational estimates from the published rate model — not quotes or binding estimates. We are a referral service, not a motor carrier; verify any mover's USDOT number on FMCSA SAFER before you sign.