Origin city · Hancock County, MS · 2026
Moving from Bay St. Louis, MS
Community of about 10,511 in Hancock County, Bay St. Louis is a small community, so an outbound interstate load is normally consolidated onto a trailer already routed nearby — book further ahead and expect a wider delivery window. Which matters, because the single biggest variable in an outbound quote from Mississippi is not the carrier you pick — it is the mileage on your lane and the season you load in.
Residents
10,511
County
Hancock
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Distance is the lever. At the near end of the set below, Georgia is about 432 miles — a single long day at roughly 8 hr 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 · Bay St. Louis, MS → Florida
3 bedrooms · 611 mi · 2–5-day delivery window
Full-service interstate, 3 bedrooms
$3,200–$6,500
Florida at 611 miles is one of 8 destinations priced from Bay St. Louis on this page. Change either variable and the number moves — that is the point of showing it.
What shapes an outbound move from Bay St. Louis
Bay St. Louis is the largest of 3 places in Hancock County — about 23% of everyone in the county, so it is where van-line agents concentrate their crews and where an outbound survey is easiest to schedule at short notice.
Hancock County sits on the Mississippi state line, bordering Louisiana. 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.
Statewide, Bay St. Louis is the 40th-largest of 102 places in Mississippi. That puts it inside the band agents cover routinely, though outbound loads here are more often routed alongside other shipments than dispatched alone.
The Hancock County places closest to Bay St. Louis in size — Diamondhead and Waveland — book outbound moves the same way it does, Diamondhead sitting just under it at about 9,236. 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.
Hancock 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.
Hancock County is the 16th-largest of Mississippi's 82 counties, with about 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 Hancock County is St. Tammany Parish (275,583 residents) — and it is in Louisiana, not Mississippi. 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 Bay St. Louis is from where people move
Measured from Mississippi's population-weighted centre rather than Bay St. Louis — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 432 | 8 hr | 2–4 days | $1,925–$3,875 |
| Florida | 611 | 11 hr 15 min | 2–5 days | $2,225–$4,500 |
| Texas | 670 | 12 hr 15 min | 2–5 days | $2,300–$4,650 |
| North Carolina | 731 | 13 hr 30 min | 2–5 days | $2,375–$4,825 |
| Colorado | 1,161 | 21 hr 30 min | 3–7 days | $2,950–$5,975 |
| Arizona | 1,498 | 28 hr | 3–7 days | $3,400–$6,900 |
| Idaho | 1,841 | 34 hr 15 min | 4–8 days | $3,725–$7,550 |
| Nevada | 1,846 | 34 hr 15 min | 4–8 days | $3,725–$7,550 |
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Bay St. Louis to Florida by home size
The same 611-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 | $1,050 | $1,600 | $2,150 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,400 | $2,113 | $2,825 |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,225 | $3,363 | $4,500 |
| 3 bedrooms | $3,200 | $4,850 | $6,500 |
| 4+ bedrooms | $4,775 | $7,213 | $9,650 |
Licensing
Is your move out of Bay St. Louis interstate?
A move that starts and ends inside Mississippi is an intrastate move, governed by Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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 Bay St. Louis: common questions
Georgia is about 432 miles, Florida is about 611 miles, and Texas is about 670 miles. Measured from Mississippi's centre rather than from Bay St. Louis, 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.
Hancock County origins closest in size to Bay St. Louis
See every place and the county-level picture on the Hancock 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.