Price ranges for shipping a car to and from Salt Lake City, UT, 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
218,428
Metro
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
As of 1 July 2025. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 1 July 2025
Local notes
A campus in this city can limit where a car-carrier truck stops. The driver often meets you off campus.
Common routes from Salt Lake City. Sedan or compact car.
Route
Open transport
Enclosed transport
Birmingham, AL
$824–$1,255
$1,235–$1,883
Phoenix, AZ
$501–$763
$751–$1,145
Tucson, AZ
$545–$831
$818–$1,246
Fresno, CA
$504–$768
$756–$1,153
Los Angeles, CA
$540–$823
$810–$1,235
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.
UDOT says Utah Administrative Code R920-6 lets it post traction requirements through Traffic Engineering Orders. Under Class I, a vehicle of 12,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or more needs traction devices on the rear drive tires, or all-wheel or four-wheel drive with M+S or 3PMSF tires. Class II and Class III set tighter tire rules. UDOT says authorities may keep commercial vehicles off a Class III segment even when the truck meets the tire rule. Check the order the day the carrier crosses the Wasatch.
Which campuses actually need a car?
College Navigator lists the University of Utah with a Fall 2024 student population of 36,894, and Salt Lake Community College with 27,437. Residence shares were not read off those pages today. Western Governors University lists a Salt Lake City address and a Fall 2024 student population of 210,208, and Navigator says all programs are offered completely via distance education. A WGU enrollment is not, by itself, a car delivered to a campus lot.
When do you register?
The Utah registration page says new residents have 60 days to transfer titles and registrations. Steps are on the Utah registration page. Common practice for a house or campus pickup is a pull-through lot set before the day.
Confirm the holding address the morning of pickup, and tell the driver about gates, low wires, and any street the trailer cannot enter.
