Price ranges for shipping a car to and from Detroit, MI, plus nearby terminals and common routes.
Key facts
How vehicles move
By truck; ports and islands may need a separate sea or rail service
Population
649,095
Metro
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
As of 1 July 2025. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 1 July 2025
Local notes
A land border crossing is associated with this place. A carrier quote is not a customs clearance.
Common routes from Detroit. Sedan or compact car.
Route
Open transport
Enclosed transport
Phoenix, AZ
$981–$1,496
$1,472–$2,243
Los Angeles, CA
$947–$1,444
$1,421–$2,166
Riverside, CA
$937–$1,427
$1,405–$2,141
San Diego, CA
$942–$1,435
$1,412–$2,152
San Francisco, CA
$976–$1,487
$1,463–$2,230
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. Reported prices on seasonal routes to and from Florida and Arizona support different prices in each direction this month.
The Ambassador Bridge site lists commercial services, including trucks and hazardous materials, and a separate auto program, between Detroit and Windsor. The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel site calls the tunnel a 24/7 gateway between the cities and lists its Detroit address as 100 E. Jefferson Avenue. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority site for the Gordie Howe International Bridge publishes toll categories for a personal vehicle and for large commercial vehicles, and it describes on-site inspection. Do not treat those toll categories as a shipping price. The plan's border pages are the Ambassador Bridge, the tunnel, and the Gordie Howe bridge.
The port of entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection lists Detroit as port code 3801 at 2810 B West Fort Street. Paperwork for a car that will enter Canada, or return, is a customs step. It is not included in a domestic carrier quote. The bridge, the tunnel, and the Gordie Howe crossing each have their own operator.
Domestic lanes
According to Census migration data, ACS 2024 estimates that 19,282 people now in Michigan had lived in Florida a year earlier (margin of error 4,668). Ohio was 13,776 (margin of error 3,189). The plan's city routes include Detroit to Chicago and Detroit to Miami. Florida to Michigan is the largest inflow. Registration is on the Michigan page.
