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Moving from Jim Wells County, TX

Alice and the rest of Jim Wells County sits in Texas's South — about 38,662 residents in smaller country. This is the outbound picture: corridors, mileage, delivery windows, and engine-derived cost bands.

Residents

38,662

Cities & towns

1

Borders

Interior

Jim Wells County is a lightly served origin market where lead time matters more, with roughly 38,662 residents concentrated around Alice across 1 place the Census records here.

Outbound Texas corridors run north to Colorado, east to Florida and the Southeast, and west to Arizona, Nevada and California. Because inbound volume is so heavy, outbound trailers are usually available on short notice outside peak season.

What shapes an outbound move from Jim Wells County

Jim Wells 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.

The largest county bordering Jim Wells County is Nueces County, with 352,289 residents, larger than this one, so agents based there often cover both. That move stays inside Texas and is intrastate.

Jim Wells County is an interior Texas county, bordered by Nueces County, San Patricio County, Kleberg County, and Live Oak County — all inside Texas. Every one of those moves is intrastate and governed by Texas law; only a shipment that leaves the state crosses into federal territory, which is the line this site is built around.

Jim Wells County is the 82nd-largest of Texas's 254 counties, with about 0.1% 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.

How far Jim Wells County is from where people move

Measured from Texas'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.

Outbound from Jim Wells County, TX · geometric road estimates · full-service interstate · estimates, not quotes.
DestinationMilesDriveDelivery window2-bedroom
Colorado73713 hr 45 min25 days$2,375$4,825
Arizona87816 hr 30 min25 days$2,575$5,225
Georgia1,10120 hr 30 min37 days$2,875$5,825
Florida1,21522 hr 30 min37 days$3,025$6,125
Nevada1,31124 hr 30 min37 days$3,150$6,400
North Carolina1,38925 hr 45 min37 days$3,275$6,600
California1,42126 hr 30 min37 days$3,300$6,700
Idaho1,43526 hr 45 min37 days$3,325$6,725

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Cost by home size from Jim Wells County

Anchored to 1,311 miles, the median distance from here to the destination states above. From a lean full-service quote to a premium, packing-heavy one.

Jim Wells County outbound · ~1,311 mi · full-service interstate · estimates, not quotes.
Home sizeLowTypicalHigh
Studio$1,575$2,388$3,200
1 bedroom$2,075$3,138$4,200
2 bedrooms$3,150$4,775$6,400
3 bedrooms$4,625$6,988$9,350
4+ bedrooms$6,700$10,100$13,500

Licensing

When a Jim Wells County move becomes interstate

A move that starts and ends inside Texas is an intrastate move, governed by Texas 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 Texas 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 Texas 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 Jim Wells County

1 place the Census records here, largest first.

Neighbouring counties

Counties bordering Jim Wells County. Ones marked with a state code outside TX are across the state line, so a move in that direction is interstate.

Moving from Jim Wells County: common questions

  • Colorado is roughly 737 miles and delivers in a 2–5-day window, Arizona is roughly 878 miles and delivers in a 2–5-day window, and Georgia is roughly 1,101 miles and delivers in a 3–7-day window. Those are measured from Texas's population-weighted centre because Jim Wells 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 Texas origin hub.

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