Long-Distance Moving · New York → Texas
Moving From New York to Texas
Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio — 1,540 to 1,800 miles, priced as one flat rate and coordinated start to finish. We are a licensed household-goods broker (USDOT 4313469, MC-1762945): we assign a licensed, insured carrier from our network and coordinate your move — we do not send our own trucks. Home Services & Commercial Coordination. WE MOVE. WE HAUL. WE CLEAN. WE COORDINATE IT ALL.
How a New York to Texas move works
Long-distance moves are never hourly and never an instant checkout. Your inventory sets the weight, Texas sets the distance, and a coordinator confirms one flat price against a real carrier quote before anything is booked. Pickups originate in New York City and Long Island; the process is the same one described on our long-distance moving page.
1. Tell us the inventory
Send the request form, call, or walk us through the home with photos or a video walkthrough. Weight is what a flat price is built on, so the inventory comes first — rooms, big pieces, packing needs, stairs, and anything heavy or fragile.
2. One flat price, quoted personally
A coordinator gets a real quote from a licensed, insured interstate carrier and confirms your one flat price in writing. The tiers below are starting points only — your confirmed price reflects your actual inventory and your actual Texas destination.
3. Reserve with the $49 request
Starting the coordinator quote request costs $49 — credited in full toward your 25% deposit when you book. The deposit holds your pickup date. If you do not like the confirmed price, you do not book, and nothing beyond the $49 has been charged.
4. Carrier assigned, delivery confirmed
We assign the carrier, confirm your pickup and your delivery window, and coordinate both ends. A 5% admin fee applies to every job, and the balance is collected at delivery, before unloading — every payment runs through us, never the carrier.
New York to Texas moving prices: the starting points
These are starting points for a standard inventory — the same coordinator tiers used on every long-distance route we run. They are not bookable online and they are not your price: a coordinator confirms your flat price after your inventory review.
Studio / 1 bedroom
from $1,995
Starting price for a standard inventory of this size — final flat price confirmed after inventory review.
2 bedroom
from $2,395
Starting price for a standard inventory of this size — final flat price confirmed after inventory review.
3 bedroom
from $2,995
Starting price for a standard inventory of this size — final flat price confirmed after inventory review.
4 bedroom
from $3,895
Starting price for a standard inventory of this size — final flat price confirmed after inventory review.
5 bedroom +
from $4,995
Starting price for a standard inventory of this size — final flat price confirmed after inventory review.
The honest part: Texas is the longest haul we run. At roughly 1,540–1,800 miles, most Texas moves price above these starting points once the real distance and the real inventory are counted — a 3-bedroom house to San Antonio is not a $2,995 move, and any mover who quotes it that way is planning to renegotiate on your driveway. We would rather confirm a higher number in writing before you book than surprise you after the truck is loaded. Packing, stairs, extra stops, and storage adjust the confirmed price, and a 5% admin fee applies to every job.
The route: two corridors into Texas
Trucks leaving New York for Texas run one of two corridors. The northern routing drops down I-78 and I-81 through Pennsylvania and the Shenandoah, picks up I-40 across Tennessee and Arkansas, and comes into Dallas/Fort Worth from the east — the natural line for DFW and, via I-35, Austin and San Antonio. The southern routing runs down the coast and across I-10 through Louisiana into Houston, then on to San Antonio. Which corridor your load rides depends on the destination and the confirmed stops that week — your coordinator confirms the delivery window for your specific job, typically 5–10 days, before you book.
Dallas / Fort Worth (~1,540 miles)
The corridor’s anchor: corporate relocations, new-build suburbs like Plano and Frisco, and the I-40 routing into North Texas.
Houston (~1,630 miles)
The southern I-10 routing through Louisiana — The Woodlands and the energy-corridor suburbs are regular delivery stops.
Austin (~1,740 miles)
Tech relocations and fast-growing suburbs; closing-date moves are the norm here, so delivery windows get planned around builders.
San Antonio (~1,800 miles)
The far end of the regular run — military and family relocations, priced with the extra miles counted honestly up front.
We also deliver across the growth suburbs where most New Yorkers actually land — Plano, Frisco, and The Woodlands among them. El Paso is the exception worth naming: it sits at the far western edge of Texas, another 600 miles past San Antonio, so El Paso moves are priced individually rather than off the corridors above. Wherever in Texas you are headed, pickup still starts at home — NYC or Long Island, coordinated the same way as a local move, just with a much longer road after the truck door closes.
Who makes this move — and the Texas realities
The New York to Texas run is mostly job-driven: corporate relocations into DFW and Houston, families following work and lower housing costs, and movers who name the same reason every time — no state income tax. The delivery end has its own realities. Summer heat is the big one: deliveries are planned for morning unloading whenever the route allows, and heat-sensitive items get flagged at inventory, not discovered on the curb. New-build suburbs around Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, and Houston run on builder schedules, so closing-date moves are the norm — and when a closing slips, we arrange storage-in-transit so your load waits securely instead of arriving at a house you cannot enter yet.
Heading somewhere else instead? See our other route pages: New York to Florida movers, New York to Georgia movers, and New York to North Carolina movers.
New York to Texas moving FAQs
How much does it cost to move from New York to Texas?
Texas moves are priced flat — never hourly — from your inventory weight, the distance, and the services you choose. Starting points by home size: studio/1BR from $1,995, 2BR from $2,395, 3BR from $2,995, 4BR from $3,895, and 5BR+ from $4,995. Texas is the longest haul we run — roughly 1,540 to 1,800 miles depending on the city — so most Texas moves price above those starting points once the real distance and inventory are counted. Every price is a starting price; your one flat price is quoted personally after an inventory review and confirmed in writing before you book. A 5% admin fee applies to every job.
How long does delivery from New York to Texas take?
Plan on a delivery window of 5–10 days, confirmed for your specific job before you book. It runs longer than a Florida or Carolinas move for simple reasons: Texas is 1,540–1,800 miles from New York, interstate trucks run on federal driving-time limits, and your load is routed with other confirmed stops along the corridor. Interstate delivery works on a window, not a single appointment — your coordinator confirms the window up front and pins down the delivery day as the truck gets close, so you can plan flights, closings, and first nights around it honestly.
How do you plan a Texas move around the summer heat?
Summer deliveries into Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio are planned for morning unloading whenever the route allows, so the crew is not opening a heat-soaked truck at midday and your furniture is not sitting in triple-digit heat on the curb. If you are moving in summer, tell us about heat-sensitive items — electronics, candles, vinyl, anything that warps or melts — during the inventory, so they are packed and staged on the truck with the heat in mind. If your Texas end has flexibility on the delivery day inside the window, morning slots go to the loads that need them most.
What if my Texas closing slips and I need storage?
We arrange storage-in-transit: your load goes into secure storage and delivers when the new home is ready, instead of the truck arriving at a house you cannot get into yet. New-build suburbs around Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, and Houston run on builder schedules, and closing dates move — if there is any chance yours will, say so before pickup, because storage arranged in advance is simpler and cheaper than storage improvised mid-route. The storage period is priced into your confirmed flat quote, not invented at delivery.
How does booking and the deposit work on a New York to Texas move?
It starts with the coordinator quote request: $49, paid on the booking step, and credited in full toward your deposit if you book. We take your inventory, get a real quote from a licensed, insured interstate carrier, and confirm your one flat price in writing — if you do not like the confirmed price, you do not book, and nothing beyond the $49 has been charged. To reserve, a deposit of 25% of the confirmed price holds your pickup date. We then assign your carrier and confirm your delivery window; the balance is collected at delivery, before unloading. Every payment runs through us — the carrier never collects money from you.
Get your New York to Texas flat price
Start the coordinator quote request — $49, credited in full toward your 25% deposit if you book — and get one flat price confirmed in writing after your inventory review.
Open 24 hours, 7 days. Pickups in NYC & Long Island — deliveries anywhere in Texas.