Price ranges for shipping a car to and from Maine, the largest cities, and the busiest lanes. The carrier sets the price.
Key facts
Population
1,414,874
How vehicles move
By truck
As of 1 July 2025. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 1 July 2025.
Largest inflows into Maine. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, state-to-state migration.
Lived there one year earlier
People
Margin of error
Massachusetts
6,723
2,509
New Hampshire
4,373
1,699
Florida
3,192
1,282
From Maine to the busiest destinations. Sedan or compact car.
Route
Open transport
Enclosed transport
Massachusetts
$376–$573
$564–$859
Florida
$812–$1,237
$1,218–$1,855
California
$1,080–$1,646
$1,620–$2,469
New Hampshire
$376–$573
$564–$859
North Carolina
$628–$957
$942–$1,435
New York
$385–$586
$577–$880
Oklahoma
$846–$1,289
$1,269–$1,933
Vermont
$376–$573
$564–$859
Connecticut
$376–$573
$564–$859
Virginia
$531–$809
$796–$1,214
As of 2026-11-09. RideShipper estimate, updated 2026-11-09, based on 3,588 prices that customers reported paying in MoveAdvisor reviews, adjusted for U.S. diesel at $6.13 a gallon for that week (U.S. Energy Information Administration). In testing, the typical difference between an estimate and a reported price was about 20% of the estimate. This is an estimate, not a quote: the carrier sets the price. No pickup date was supplied, so this estimate uses November 2026. There is no seasonal direction adjustment for this route and month.
Into Maine from the busiest origins. Sedan or compact car.
Route
Open transport
Enclosed transport
Massachusetts
$376–$573
$564–$859
New Hampshire
$376–$573
$564–$859
Florida
$640–$975
$959–$1,462
New York
$385–$586
$577–$880
California
$1,080–$1,646
$1,620–$2,469
Arizona
$900–$1,372
$1,351–$2,058
Texas
$877–$1,337
$1,316–$2,006
North Carolina
$628–$957
$942–$1,435
Connecticut
$376–$573
$564–$859
As of 2026-11-09. RideShipper estimate, updated 2026-11-09, based on 3,588 prices that customers reported paying in MoveAdvisor reviews, adjusted for U.S. diesel at $6.13 a gallon for that week (U.S. Energy Information Administration). In testing, the typical difference between an estimate and a reported price was about 20% of the estimate. This is an estimate, not a quote: the carrier sets the price. No pickup date was supplied, so this estimate uses November 2026. There is no seasonal direction adjustment for this route and month.
According to Census ACS 2024, the largest inflows are from Massachusetts, 6,723 (margin of error 2,509); New Hampshire, 4,373 (margin of error 1,699); and Florida, 3,192 (margin of error 1,282). The largest outflow is back to Massachusetts, then Florida. The Florida pair is flagged as a snowbird lane. That winter demand is the ACS count, not a separate snowbird census. Massachusetts to Maine is the busiest inbound pair. Florida to Maine is the long one. Both are truck lanes in the route list.
Land crossings with Canada
The location list includes many staffed crossings with New Brunswick and Quebec. Clean names in that file include Houlton-Woodstock, Fort Fairfield-Andover, and Limestone-Gillespie Portage. The same file also names crossings at Calais, Madawaska, Fort Kent, Lubec, and Van Buren. Some of those rows still carry broken markup in the slug, so use the border page only after the name is readable. A shipping quote is not a customs clearance. Confirm the port of entry with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canadian agency before a vehicle is driven across. A carrier that stays on U.S. roads never needs that crossing.
Shipyard, campus, and the inspection
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the installation in the list, in Kittery. Inside the contiguous United States, a privately owned vehicle is largely the member's responsibility to move. The University of New England in Biddeford is the campus. Outside the larger towns, agree a meeting point a truck can reach. Convert registrations and titles within 30 days after you establish residency. Every vehicle with a Maine registration must have a current Maine inspection before it is operated on a public way, done yearly at an official inspection station. See the registration page.
