Price ranges for shipping a car to and from Vermont, the largest cities, and the busiest lanes. The carrier sets the price.
Key facts
Population
644,663
How vehicles move
By truck
As of 1 July 2025. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 1 July 2025.
Largest inflows into Vermont. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, state-to-state migration.
Lived there one year earlier
People
Margin of error
Massachusetts
4,274
1,447
New York
3,565
1,311
Pennsylvania
2,434
1,052
From Vermont to the busiest destinations. Sedan or compact car.
Route
Open transport
Enclosed transport
Florida
$800–$1,220
$1,201–$1,830
New York
$376–$573
$564–$859
Massachusetts
$376–$573
$564–$859
New Hampshire
$376–$573
$564–$859
Texas
$852–$1,299
$1,278–$1,948
Connecticut
$376–$573
$564–$859
Illinois
$605–$922
$907–$1,383
Pennsylvania
$411–$626
$617–$940
Georgia
$675–$1,029
$1,013–$1,543
New Jersey
$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. Reported prices on seasonal routes to and from Florida and Arizona support different prices in each direction this month.
Into Vermont from the busiest origins. Sedan or compact car.
Route
Open transport
Enclosed transport
Massachusetts
$376–$573
$564–$859
New York
$376–$573
$564–$859
Florida
$631–$961
$946–$1,442
Pennsylvania
$411–$626
$617–$940
New Hampshire
$376–$573
$564–$859
New Jersey
$376–$573
$564–$859
California
$1,051–$1,602
$1,576–$2,402
Texas
$852–$1,299
$1,278–$1,948
Maryland
$452–$689
$678–$1,033
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.
VTrans publishes a winter maintenance plan, a snow and ice control plan dated in the file name October 30, 2025, and a corridor priority map. The map note on that page says low-salt and no-salt roads may stay snow-covered and icy. Plows do not treat every road on the same clock. A car carrier should stay on the higher-priority corridors and check newengland511.org, which VTrans links from the winter pages. A mountain town road after a storm is a bad place to meet a trailer.
Border and campuses
The location list includes many Canada crossings, among them Highgate Springs and Derby Line. A shipping quote does not clear the car. If the address is a port of entry, the owner still meets the border rules. The University of Vermont in Burlington and Middlebury College are the listed campuses. Both sit on streets a multi-car trailer may not fit. Common practice is a lot in Burlington, or a lot the college names, agreed before pickup day.
When do you register?
The DMV says you must register upon establishing residency, and no later than 60 days after you move. If the out-of-state registration expires sooner, register before it expires. You need a Vermont driver license or non-driver ID, with exceptions the page lists for part-time residents, students, and some contractual employees. An inspection is due within 15 days after registration. Steps are on the Vermont registration page.
