Price ranges for shipping a car to and from Durham, NC, 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
305,561
Metro
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
As of 1 July 2025. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 1 July 2025
Common routes from Durham. Sedan or compact car.
Route
Open transport
Enclosed transport
Birmingham, AL
$492–$750
$738–$1,125
Phoenix, AZ
$924–$1,408
$1,386–$2,112
Tucson, AZ
$915–$1,394
$1,372–$2,091
Fresno, CA
$1,005–$1,532
$1,508–$2,297
Irvine, CA
$992–$1,512
$1,488–$2,268
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.
Durham has dozens of city pairs because it is a principal city of a large metro. None of them carries an autocomplete signal in the plan, so this note does not crown a "busiest" Durham lane. The state figures are clearer. Census ACS 2024 migration in the plan puts the largest inflows to North Carolina from Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia, in that order. The largest outflows go to South Carolina, Florida, and Virginia. Raleigh is a separate city page. Registration is on the North Carolina page.
Nothing in the special-location list
The plan's ports, auction cities, colleges, and military host cities do not name Durham. A nearby campus or yard can still be the real pickup, but only if the address is in that other city. A quote to a Durham street is an ordinary truck move. If the street is tight for a multi-car trailer, set a meeting point with the driver. That is common practice when a carrier cannot fit the curb, and the plan does not cite a Durham truck-route ordinance.
Season dates that apply inland
NCDOT says the Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, and that winds near hurricane force can still damage inland areas after a storm makes landfall. Flooding can close roads far from the coast. DriveNC.gov is where NCDOT posts snow and ice as well. Its winter page says bridges and overpasses ice first. A closure changes the pickup day. Check the map the morning the truck is due.
