Moving from Kansas to California

Who makes this move

Both figures are counts of people who changed their state of residence between Kansas and California.

The Census count for this direction is 1,924. ACS 2024 records 1,924 people who moved from Kansas to California, with a margin of plus or minus 854. In the other direction, 5,217 people moved from California to Kansas in the same survey year. Both figures are counts of people who changed their state of residence between Kansas and California.

Kansas sits at 90.1 and California at 110.7. BEA price parity for 2024 uses the United States as 100, and those are the two state figures. Kansas taxes wages, and California taxes wages as well. The parity numbers are the published price level for each state in that year, sitting next to a wage tax at both ends.

What the job looks like

Bring a book for the passenger seat.

The most common run in our file is Damar to San Diego. That pairing is 1,394 miles, about 25 hours of driving. The hours are driving time, so the days a truck spends on the road still depend on the load, the crew, and the service window written on the order. Bring a book for the passenger seat. Haulest reads the reviews. A licensed carrier hauls the shipment.

Reported prices in this file sit on a small sample of 18 reviews. The median reported price is $6,345 across 18 priced reviews, and the middle half of those prices runs from $3,620 to $7,951. Long-distance moves are priced by weight and miles, and the prices in the file mix home sizes and distances. Read $6,345 as the midpoint of what people reported, then check a written estimate for your own weight.

Delivery arrives as a window on the order for service. The mover writes that window into the order, and you plan pickup and drop around those dates. Get the window in writing before you sign. A long-distance shipment is priced by weight and miles, and the window is the schedule that rides with that price.

Before you book

On a non-binding estimate the mover must deliver on payment of 110 percent of the estimate.

Book a mover that holds an active USDOT number and household-goods authority. Interstate household moves need both an active USDOT number and FMCSA household-goods authority. Look the number up with the licence check before any deposit leaves your account. That step sits in front of price talk, because a state-to-state household shipment rides on that authority.

Get the estimate type in writing before you compare prices. On a non-binding estimate the mover must deliver on payment of 110 percent of the estimate. Read the payment rule on the 110 percent rule page, then match the line items to how to read a moving estimate. Ask the mover to mark the estimate binding or not-to-exceed, and keep that mark with the order for service.

Put the delivery window and the deposit terms in writing. The window belongs on the order for service, with the dates you are planning around. Deposit terms belong on that same paperwork, including how much is due and when. The deposit guide covers the questions worth asking before that money moves.