Origin city · Aroostook County, ME · 2026
Moving from Caribou, ME
Everything about an interstate move from Caribou, ME follows from mileage. This page has the real distances from here to the states people leave Maine for, the van-line delivery window each implies, and the engine-derived cost band that goes with it.
Residents
7,431
County
Aroostook
Corridor pages
0
Take North Carolina as the short case — about 1,024 miles from here, roughly 19 hr on the road, realistically 3 days. Even on that lane, the loaded shipment delivers inside a 3–7-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 · Caribou, ME → Georgia
Studio · 1,374 mi · 3–7-day delivery window
Full-service interstate, studio
$1,625–$3,275
A studio to Georgia is what this origin looks like priced end to end. The drive is roughly 25 hr 30 min — the delivery window is the number that governs your first week.
What shapes an outbound move from Caribou
Caribou is the 2nd-largest of 2 places in Aroostook County — about 11% of everyone in the county. Agents dispatch out of the county's bigger communities, so an outbound pickup here is usually routed alongside other loads in the area — an argument for a mid-month, off-peak date if your timing is flexible.
The Aroostook County place closest to Caribou in size — Presque Isle — book outbound moves the same way it does, Presque Isle being the nearest comparison at about 8,677 residents. 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.
Aroostook 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.
Aroostook County is the 6th-largest of Maine's 16 counties, with about 5% 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 Aroostook County is Penobscot County, with 155,312 residents, larger than this one, so agents based there often cover both. That move stays inside Maine and is intrastate.
Aroostook County is an interior Maine county, bordered by Penobscot County, Somerset County, Washington County, and Piscataquis County — all inside Maine. Every one of those moves is intrastate and governed by Maine law; only a shipment that leaves the state crosses into federal territory, which is the line this site is built around.
Statewide, Caribou is the 16th-largest of 21 places in Maine, roughly 0.5% of everyone in the state. That puts it inside the band agents cover routinely, though outbound loads here are more often routed alongside other shipments than dispatched alone.
How far Caribou is from where people move
Measured from Maine's population-weighted centre rather than Caribou — 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.
| Destination | Miles | Drive | Delivery window | 2-bedroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,024 | 19 hr | 3–7 days | $2,775–$5,600 |
| Georgia | 1,374 | 25 hr 30 min | 3–7 days | $3,250–$6,575 |
| Florida | 1,612 | 30 hr | 4–8 days | $3,525–$7,125 |
| Texas | 2,212 | 41 hr | 5–10 days | $4,075–$8,250 |
| Colorado | 2,233 | 41 hr 30 min | 5–10 days | $4,100–$8,275 |
| Idaho | 2,588 | 48 hr | 5–10 days | $4,425–$8,950 |
| Arizona | 2,773 | 51 hr 30 min | 6–12 days | $4,600–$9,300 |
| Washington | 2,836 | 52 hr 30 min | 6–12 days | $4,650–$9,400 |
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Caribou to Georgia by home size
The same 1,374-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.
| Home size | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,625 | $2,450 | $3,275 |
| 1 bedroom | $2,125 | $3,225 | $4,325 |
| 2 bedrooms | $3,250 | $4,913 | $6,575 |
| 3 bedrooms | $4,750 | $7,175 | $9,600 |
| 4+ bedrooms | $6,900 | $10,400 | $13,900 |
Licensing
Is your move out of Caribou interstate?
A move that starts and ends inside Maine is an intrastate move, governed by Maine 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 Maine 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 Maine 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 Caribou: common questions
North Carolina is about 1,024 miles, Georgia is about 1,374 miles, and Florida is about 1,612 miles. Measured from Maine's centre rather than from Caribou, 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 3–7-day window.
Aroostook County origins closest in size to Caribou
See every place and the county-level picture on the Aroostook 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.