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Origin city · Scott County, IA · 2026

Moving from Bettendorf, IA

Smaller city of about 39,858 in Scott County, Bettendorf is a smaller market where outbound loads are usually picked up by a carrier routing through the area rather than dispatched for your shipment alone, which rewards booking early. Which matters, because the single biggest variable in an outbound quote from Iowa is not the carrier you pick — it is the mileage on your lane and the season you load in.

Residents

39,858

County

Scott

Corridor pages

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Take Colorado as the short case — about 782 miles from here, roughly 14 hr 15 min on the road, realistically 2–3 days. Even on that lane, the loaded shipment delivers inside a 2–5-day window rather than on a fixed date, so plan the first nights at the other end around the window, not around your own arrival.

Worked example · Bettendorf, IA Georgia

2 bedrooms · 1,007 mi · 37-day delivery window

Full-service interstate, 2 bedrooms

$2,750$5,575

Worked from Bettendorf's own mileage rather than a national average. Swap the size or the destination in the quiz and the model recomputes against your actual route.

What shapes an outbound move from Bettendorf

Bettendorf sits 2nd of Scott County's 3 places — about 23% of everyone in the county — served by the same agents as the county's anchor city, but scheduled around it rather than ahead of it.

The largest county bordering Scott County is Rock Island County (141,236 residents) — and it is in Illinois, not Iowa. 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.

Scott County sits on the Iowa state line, bordering Illinois. 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.

Of the 129 places the Census records in Iowa, Bettendorf is 15th, roughly 1% of everyone in the state. Origins in this band are served well but on the carrier's routing, so a date that can move a day is worth real money.

The Scott County places closest to Bettendorf in size — Eldridge and Davenport — book outbound moves the same way it does, Eldridge sitting just under it at about 6,846. 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.

Scott 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.

Scott County is Iowa's 3rd-largest county of 99, holding roughly 5% of the state's residents. That is enough weight for agents to keep crews based locally rather than dispatching them in.

How far Bettendorf is from where people move

Measured from Iowa's population-weighted centre rather than Bettendorf — 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 Bettendorf, IA · geometric road estimates · full-service interstate · estimates, not quotes.
DestinationMilesDriveDelivery window2-bedroom
Colorado78214 hr 15 min25 days$2,450$4,950
Texas93617 hr 15 min25 days$2,650$5,375
Georgia1,00718 hr 45 min37 days$2,750$5,575
North Carolina1,03919 hr 15 min37 days$2,800$5,650
Idaho1,26623 hr 30 min37 days$3,100$6,275
Florida1,31624 hr 30 min37 days$3,175$6,400
Arizona1,32124 hr 30 min37 days$3,175$6,425
Nevada1,44126 hr 45 min37 days$3,325$6,750

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Bettendorf to Georgia by home size

The same 1,007-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.

Bettendorf, IA → Georgia · ~1,007 mi · full-service interstate · estimates, not quotes.
Home sizeLowTypicalHigh
Studio$1,350$2,038$2,725
1 bedroom$1,775$2,688$3,600
2 bedrooms$2,750$4,163$5,575
3 bedrooms$4,000$6,050$8,100
4+ bedrooms$5,900$8,900$11,900

Licensing

Is your move out of Bettendorf interstate?

A move that starts and ends inside Iowa is an intrastate move, governed by Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Iowa 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.

Moving from Bettendorf: common questions

  • Colorado is about 782 miles, Texas is about 936 miles, and Georgia is about 1,007 miles. Measured from Iowa's centre rather than from Bettendorf, 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 2–5-day window.

Scott County origins closest in size to Bettendorf

See every place and the county-level picture on the Scott 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.

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