Origin county · Colorado · 2026
Moving from Moffat County, CO
Craig and the rest of Moffat County sits in Colorado's West — about 13,327 residents in rural country. This is the outbound picture: corridors, mileage, delivery windows, and engine-derived cost bands.
Residents
13,327
Cities & towns
1
Borders
2 states
Moffat County is a rural origin market where shipments are consolidated onto trailers already routed nearby, with roughly 13,327 residents concentrated around Craig across 1 place the Census records here.
Outbound corridors run west to the Pacific metros and east to Texas and the Plains, with the long southeastern hauls to Florida and the Carolinas among the most expensive lanes in the country simply on mileage.
What shapes an outbound move from Moffat County
Moffat County's population has held roughly flat since 2020, so inbound and outbound moves are broadly in balance. That is the easiest condition to book in: crews are not saturated by one direction, and off-peak dates are widely available.
Moffat County sits on the Colorado state line, bordering Utah and Wyoming. That matters more than it sounds: a move of twenty minutes across that line is legally an interstate move, so it needs a carrier with federal household-goods authority and it is priced on weight and distance rather than by the hour. Short interstate hops are the moves people most often assume are local, and they are not.
Moffat County is the 35th-largest of Colorado's 64 counties, with about 0.2% 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 Moffat County is Sweetwater County (41,249 residents) — and it is in Wyoming, not Colorado. A move between the two is interstate by definition, so it needs a carrier with federal household-goods authority no matter how short the drive is.
How far Moffat County is from where people move
Measured from Colorado's population-weighted centre — this site holds metro coordinates only for its corridor cities, so treat these as corridor-scale rather than door-to-door figures. Delivery windows and cost bands are computed from that mileage by the same engine that prices every route page here.
| Destination | Miles | Drive | Delivery window | 2-bedroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 558 | 10 hr 15 min | 2–5 days | $2,150–$4,350 |
| Nevada | 702 | 13 hr | 2–5 days | $2,350–$4,725 |
| Idaho | 707 | 13 hr 15 min | 2–5 days | $2,350–$4,750 |
| Texas | 737 | 13 hr 45 min | 2–5 days | $2,375–$4,825 |
| California | 897 | 16 hr 45 min | 2–5 days | $2,600–$5,275 |
| Oregon | 1,004 | 18 hr 45 min | 3–7 days | $2,750–$5,550 |
| Washington | 1,121 | 20 hr 45 min | 3–7 days | $2,900–$5,875 |
| Georgia | 1,547 | 28 hr 45 min | 4–8 days | $3,450–$7,000 |
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Cost by home size from Moffat County
Anchored to 897 miles, the median distance from here to the destination states above. From a lean full-service quote to a premium, packing-heavy one.
| 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
A short move out of Moffat County can still be interstate
A move that starts and ends inside Colorado is an intrastate move, governed by Colorado 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 Colorado 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 Colorado 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 and how to avoid broker scams.
Cities and towns in Moffat County
1 place the Census records here, largest first.
Neighbouring counties
Counties bordering Moffat County. Ones marked with a state code outside CO are across the state line, so a move in that direction is interstate.
Moving from Moffat County: common questions
Arizona is roughly 558 miles and delivers in a 2–5-day window, Nevada is roughly 702 miles and delivers in a 2–5-day window, and Idaho is roughly 707 miles and delivers in a 2–5-day window. Those are measured from Colorado's population-weighted centre because Moffat County has no metro in this site's coordinate set, so treat them as corridor-scale rather than door-to-door.
Population figures and the 2020-to-current change 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. See every county on the Colorado origin hub.