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

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 Davenport, 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.

What should I sort out before load day in Davenport?

Access is rarely the problem. Distance to the nearest interstate corridor is — rural pickups sometimes wait for a trailer routed through the area rather than one dispatched for the load alone.

What would a 1 bedroom move from Davenport to Florida cost?

Roughly $2,075–$4,200 over about 1,316 miles, delivering in a 3–7-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.

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

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 runs June through August. Late fall books easily; a deep-winter date on a northern lane is cheap but weather-exposed.

Origin city · Scott County, IA · 2026

Moving from Davenport, IA

Moving out of Davenport? About 100,354 residents in Scott County, and 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. Start with the distance to where you are actually going — it sets the cost band, the delivery window, and whether you drive it in a day.

Residents

100,354

County

Scott

Corridor pages

Distance is the lever. At the near end of the set below, Colorado is about 782 miles — roughly 14 hr 15 min on the road, realistically 2–3 days — with a 2–5-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 · Davenport, IA → Florida

1 bedroom · 1,316 mi · 3–7-day delivery window

Full-service interstate, 1 bedroom

$2,075–$4,200

Florida at 1,316 miles is one of 8 destinations priced from Davenport on this page. Change either variable and the number moves — that is the point of showing it.

What shapes an outbound move from Davenport

Davenport tops Scott County's 3 places — about 58% of everyone in the county — the county's anchor origin, and the address carriers quote from when they price the wider area.

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.

Among all 129 Iowa places, Davenport comes in 3rd, roughly 3% of everyone in the state — a top-ten origin, which is the point where carrier choice starts to matter more than lead time.

The Scott County places closest to Davenport in size — Bettendorf and Eldridge — book outbound moves the same way it does, Bettendorf sitting just under it at about 39,858. 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.

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.

How far Davenport is from where people move

Measured from Iowa's population-weighted centre rather than Davenport — 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 Davenport, IA · geometric road estimates · full-service interstate · estimates, not quotes.
Destination	Miles	Drive	Delivery window	2-bedroom
Colorado	782	14 hr 15 min	2–5 days	$2,450–$4,950
Texas	936	17 hr 15 min	2–5 days	$2,650–$5,375
Georgia	1,007	18 hr 45 min	3–7 days	$2,750–$5,575
North Carolina	1,039	19 hr 15 min	3–7 days	$2,800–$5,650
Idaho	1,266	23 hr 30 min	3–7 days	$3,100–$6,275
Florida	1,316	24 hr 30 min	3–7 days	$3,175–$6,400
Arizona	1,321	24 hr 30 min	3–7 days	$3,175–$6,425
Nevada	1,441	26 hr 45 min	3–7 days	$3,325–$6,750

Get a cost range for your Davenport move

Six quick questions, a real range for your exact origin, destination and home size. No email required to see it.

Get My Free Quotes

No email required to see your route's cost range
Licensed & insured interstate movers only, named before contact
Your estimate is yours to keep either way

Prefer to talk it through? Call (561) 220-0117, free, no obligation.

Davenport to Florida by home size

The same 1,316-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.

Davenport, IA → Florida · ~1,316 mi · full-service interstate · estimates, not quotes.
Home size	Low	Typical	High
Studio	$1,575	$2,388	$3,200
1 bedroom	$2,075	$3,138	$4,200
2 bedrooms	$3,175	$4,788	$6,400
3 bedrooms	$4,625	$7,000	$9,375
4+ bedrooms	$6,700	$10,150	$13,600

Licensing

Is your move out of Davenport 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 Davenport: 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 Davenport, 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.
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.
No. 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. Worth knowing in Scott County specifically: the county borders Illinois, so a short move in that direction crosses the line and does become interstate.

Scott County origins closest in size to Davenport

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.