Movers from Washington DC to Dallas
A family-run crew, one truck, 1,328 miles. Flat rates from $2,600 on the DC to Dallas run, with no wait for a trailer to fill before yours moves.
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1,328 mi Distance - About 24 hours On the road
- 3 to 8 days Delivery window
- from $2,600 Flat rates
1,328 mi 
About 24 hours 
3 to 8 days 
from $2,600 Main corridor: I-81 S / I-40 W / I-30 W (Roanoke, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock)
Washington DC to Dallas, Texas
About Our DC to Dallas Moving Company
Washington DC to Dallas is a 1,328-mile run, and at that distance the industry does something most customers only discover after they book: it pools your shipment with other people’s. moveBuddha, which tracks live quotes on this lane, notes that carriers almost always consolidate DC and Maryland shipments with other loads heading the same direction. That is why nearly every published delivery figure for this route is a window of 3 to 8 days rather than a date. Your furniture is waiting for a trailer to fill.
We run it the other way. Your shipment gets its own truck and stays with the crew that loaded it, so nothing sits in a warehouse in between waiting for enough Texas-bound freight to justify the trip.
The corridor itself is straightforward once you have run it: I-81 south down the Shenandoah Valley, I-40 west through Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, then I-30 from Little Rock through Texarkana into Dallas. Roughly 24 hours of mapped driving across five states, and not one mainline toll plaza on the whole line. Every toll on this move is at the Dallas end, on the NTTA network, and it is inside your flat rate.
Dallas is not the only Texas lane on the board. Austin is this same run plus 194 miles down I-35, and Houston peels off in Tennessee to cut south through Birmingham. Both sit beside Dallas on our long-distance moving page.
Where Dallas moves actually land has shifted, and it changes the delivery half of the job. Census estimates released in May 2026 put Celina as the fastest-growing city in the country at 24.6 percent, with four of the five fastest-growing US cities inside the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, while the cities of Dallas and Plano both lost residents. So a good share of DFW deliveries now finish well outside the core, at new-build addresses in Frisco, Celina, McKinney and Prosper, where the gate code and the HOA move-in window matter more than downtown traffic does. Closer in, it is the opposite problem: Uptown and Victory Park towers run on service-elevator reservations and certificates of insurance.
Where we pick up and deliver
- Capitol Hill, Dupont Circle & Navy Yard (DC)
- Georgetown, Shaw & Petworth (DC)
- Bethesda, Silver Spring & Rockville (MD)
- Arlington, Alexandria & Fairfax (VA)
- Anywhere else in the DMV
- Uptown, Victory Park & Turtle Creek
- Deep Ellum, Design District & downtown lofts
- Bishop Arts, Oak Lawn & Lakewood
- Preston Hollow & Lower Greenville
- Plano, Frisco, Richardson, McKinney & Celina
Cost & Timeline
How Much Does It Cost to Move from DC to Dallas?
Sample Prices by Home Size
| Moving size | Typical flat-rate range |
|---|---|
| Room or studio | $2,600 – $6,200 |
| 1-bedroom apartment | $2,600 – $6,200 |
| 2-bedroom apartment | $3,500 – $7,900 |
| 3-bedroom apartment / small house | $3,500 – $7,900 |
| 4+ bedrooms / full house | $5,700 – $11,200 |
Estimate ranges for this lane, not quotes. Published market data groups studio with one-bedroom and two- with three-bedroom, so those rows share a range. Sources: moveBuddha DC to Dallas (updated 30 July 2026) and GoodMigrations quote data (current to 10 July 2026). Your binding flat rate depends on inventory, building access and dates.
What’s Included
What’s Included — and How You’re Protected
An experienced W-2 crew and a dedicated 26-ft truck — your shipment never shares a trailer or waits for a freight consolidation window. You book us, you get us.
Moving blankets, shrink wrap, floor and door-frame protection, plus disassembly and reassembly of furniture that needs it — all part of the rate, not add-ons.
Every road-related charge is built into your flat rate: fuel, mileage, and all tolls along the corridor.
There is no mainline toll plaza anywhere on the I-81, I-40 and I-30 corridor. The only tolls on this route are DFW's NTTA roads at the delivery end, and they are inside your flat rate.
AT Movers operates under USDOT #3455533 · MC #1126253 with full interstate household-goods authority — verify us on the FMCSA carrier snapshot or the FMCSA’s Protect Your Move mover search. We carry $2 million in general liability, the level strict buildings ask for on certificates of insurance.
Federal law gives you two options on every interstate move: Released-Value Protection (60¢ per pound per article) is included at no charge, and Full-Value Protection is available for the declared value of your shipment. We walk you through both in writing before move day, along with the FMCSA’s “Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move” booklet every interstate mover is required to provide.
Closing dates don’t line up? We can hold your shipment securely between homes — ask your coordinator about short-term storage when you book.
Route Logistics
Permits, Parking & Building Access
Loading in DC, Maryland & Virginia
If your DC street needs reserved curb space, the District requires an Emergency No Parking permit from DDOT — $50 through the TOPS portal, with signs posted 72 hours ahead on unmetered blocks (24 hours on metered ones). We tell you exactly what to order and when, or coordinate the signage with your building.
Delivering in Dallas & DFW
Dallas is the mirror image of DC on the paperwork, and knowing which way round saves a wasted morning.
Curb space. There is no Dallas equivalent of a DDOT moving permit. The city’s parking-permit program covers metered space reservations for construction and special events, not household moves, so you cannot reserve the space in front of your building in advance. What governs the truck instead is the city code: under Dallas City Code Sec. 28-81 a truck rated over one and a half tons may not park on residential property except while it is expeditiously loading or unloading, and in Resident Parking Only zones a moving truck is allowed only for as long as the load takes. An actively working crew is inside that exception. A truck left sitting is not, which is why we stage arrival to the loading window rather than the night before. If a neighbor’s car or a contractor is blocking your frontage on move day, Dallas 311 is the fastest route to getting it cleared.
High-rise buildings. Most Uptown, Victory Park and downtown towers want a certificate of insurance naming the building before a crew touches the service elevator, and they will assign a reservation window rather than let you pick one. Send us your building’s requirements or your property manager’s email and we file the COI directly, at no charge.
Clearances. Texas publishes low-clearance structures by TxDOT district, and Dallas is its own, through the state’s low-clearance lookup. Our drivers plan the last mile against it instead of trusting a consumer GPS.
Why Choose AT Movers for a DC to Dallas Move
Your Own Truck, Not Shared Freight
At 1,328 miles most carriers consolidate your shipment with other loads and give you a spread date. Yours travels alone, with the crew that packed it.
We Know the I-81 / I-40 / I-30 Run
The corridor down the Shenandoah and west through Nashville and Memphis is a route we plan, not one we look up on the day.
Built for DFW's Outer Ring
Frisco, Celina, McKinney and Prosper deliveries mean gate codes, HOA move-in windows and new-build streets. We schedule around them up front.
COI Filed for Your Dallas Building
Uptown and Victory Park towers ask for a certificate of insurance before the service elevator opens. We file it with management for free.
Family-Owned, No Middleman
Nobody hands your job to a stranger. The name on the truck, the crew inside it and the coordinator who answers your calls all work for the same family business.
Licensed Interstate Carrier
USDOT #3455533 and MC #1126253, with full interstate household-goods authority and $2M general liability.
Real Client Feedback
Customer Reviews
“I've never written a review on moving companies, but AT Movers deserves praise. I was looking for options to move from MD to TX. Initially, I considered the cheapest option, which is PODS. Although it was the cheapest, it would have taken too long for the delivery. I estimated that we would have to live without our stuff for 8-9 days. I also called national players, but they were just too expensive. AT Movers gave me a quote that was between the two. Not too cheap, not too expensive. The real advantage was that they would move my stuff in 2 days!!! They were professional, creative (prepacking in one of their slow days), and efficient (fast packing, loading, unloading, and unpacking). They are the best moving company I have interacted with, and I highly recommend them to anyone who considers moving!”
Need references fast? Call our move coordinators and we’ll connect you with recent customers.
How It Works
How Your DC to Dallas Move Will Go
What a cross-country move on this lane actually looks like.
Planning & Paperwork
It starts with a quote, either online or by phone at (240) 701-5507. We go through your inventory over video or from photos you send, put a flat rate in writing, then deal with the two ends separately. DC needs its parking signage ordered on the right day. Dallas needs the certificate of insurance filed and the service elevator booked, if you are landing in a tower. Three or four weeks of notice is what gets you a summer date on this lane. Less than that and we are working with whichever crews are still open.
Packing & Loading
Move day in DC runs long, because everything leaving the house has to survive 1,328 miles of interstate. Pads and stretch wrap go on the furniture, corners and door frames get covered, beds and tables come apart, and every item is logged as it goes aboard. A two or three-bedroom load is usually a full working day. Once the truck is sealed it stays sealed, since there is no terminal in the middle of this trip where anything gets handled a second time.
Transit & Delivery
About 24 hours of driving sits between the two doors, which is more than one day behind the wheel however you schedule it, so the truck is out across several days rather than overnight. Published door-to-door windows for the lane run 3 to 8 days. When it arrives, the crew that loaded you puts boxes in the rooms they are labeled for, rebuilds what they took apart, and goes through the inventory with you before anything is signed. If your closing or lease start moves, tell us early and we will hold the shipment instead of delivering into a house you cannot get into yet.
The Other Direction
Moving from Dallas to DC? We Run That Direction Too
Plenty of this corridor runs the other way, and the logistics flip. On the Dallas end we work to your building’s move-out window and file the COI with management before the crew arrives. On the DC end the paperwork gets stricter, not looser: reserved curb space needs an Emergency No Parking permit from DDOT with signs posted ahead of the move, and plenty of DC buildings want their own certificate of insurance. Most Dallas-based carriers are guessing at that half. It is the end of the route we work every week. If you are landing in the District itself, our DC movers page covers the neighborhood detail, and a flat-rate quote prices the same in both directions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Budget roughly $2,600 to $6,200 for a studio or one-bedroom, $3,500 to $7,900 for a two or three-bedroom, and $5,700 to $11,200 for four bedrooms or more. Those are estimate ranges built from published market data on this lane: moveBuddha’s DC to Dallas figures updated 30 July 2026, and GoodMigrations’ quote data current to 10 July 2026. Your binding flat rate depends on inventory, access at both ends, and dates.
Published windows for this route are 3 to 8 days door to door, with 5 to 7 days typical for full-service moves. The driving is about 24 hours across 1,328 miles, so most of that window has little to do with road time. Carriers at this distance normally hold a shipment until they can fill a trailer heading to Texas. Yours rides a dedicated truck with the crew that loaded it, so it is never queued behind somebody else’s delivery.
No, and you could not get one for a move if you wanted it. Dallas has no residential moving-permit system like DC’s, and the city’s metered-space reservations are for construction and special events rather than household moves. What applies instead is Dallas City Code Sec. 28-81: a truck rated over one and a half tons can be on a residential street only while it is actively loading or unloading, and Resident Parking Only zones allow a moving truck just for the duration of the load. On the DC side we will tell you exactly when to order the $50 DDOT Emergency No Parking permit.
Most likely, if you are moving into Uptown, Victory Park, Turtle Creek or a downtown loft building. Management there generally wants a COI naming the building before crews may use the service elevator, and they usually assign the elevator window rather than letting you choose it. Forward us your building’s requirements or your property manager’s contact and we file the certificate directly with them at no charge.
January and February. Peak season runs 15 May to 15 September, and peak pricing sits 20 to 30 percent above the off-season according to moveBuddha’s 2026 analysis, with mid-week dates and the 10th to 20th of the month cheaper than weekends and month-end. There is a Dallas-specific reason to think past price, too: the National Weather Service puts the average first 100-degree day at DFW on 1 July and the last on 27 August. A July delivery into an un-air-conditioned new build is a genuinely harder day than the same move in March.
The city proper and the suburbs both, and increasingly the latter. Census estimates released in May 2026 showed Celina as the fastest-growing city in the United States at 24.6 percent, four of the country’s five fastest-growing cities inside the DFW metro, and the cities of Dallas and Plano both losing residents. In practice that means Frisco, Celina, McKinney, Prosper, Plano and Richardson alongside Uptown, Deep Ellum, Bishop Arts, Lakewood and Preston Hollow.
Yes, and pricing works the same way in that direction. What changes is that the harder half of the paperwork lands at the DC end, where reserved curb space needs a DDOT Emergency No Parking permit with signs posted in advance and plenty of buildings want a certificate of insurance of their own. We take care of that, along with your Dallas building’s move-out window and its COI before the crew loads.
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