California to Alabama car hauling rates
124 car hauling loads from California to Alabama reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $0.59 a loaded mile, about $1,251 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$0.59
Middle half: $0.50 to $0.71 a loaded mile
Per car
$1,251
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
124
in 30 days · 75 in the last 7
Median load
$1,300
1 cars · 2,098 miles (each its own median)
What loads from California to Alabama paid this month
Half of the 123 priced loads from California to Alabama paid between $0.50 and $0.71 a loaded mile, and the median was $0.59. The rate per mile is for the whole load, 1 cars on a typical one, not per car.
A typical run on this lane is 2,098 miles. Across the country, loads of over 1,500 miles paid a median $0.67 a mile in the same 30 days, so loads from California to Alabama paid 12% less than the market for that distance.
Every load out of California, to anywhere, paid a median $0.91 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from California to Alabama paid a median $0.59 a mile, against $0.60 in the 7 days before: the rate held about level.
Bar height: loads that reached the board that week. Above each bar: the week's median rate per loaded mile ("—" under five priced loads).
Coming back from Alabama
More loads come back than go out: 279 went from Alabama to California in the same 30 days (Alabama to California rates), about 22 for every 10 going out.
The busiest lanes out of Alabama this month:
| From Alabama to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 964 | $1.25 | $300 | 246 |
| Florida | 660 | $1.03 | $500 | 548 |
| Texas | 597 | $1.10 | $700 | 682 |
| Tennessee | 272 | $1.68 | $300 | 213 |
| Mississippi | 191 | $2.65 | $283 | 228 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Los Angeles, CA · 14 loads
- San Diego, CA · 9 loads
- Santa Rosa, CA · 9 loads
- Redding, CA · 8 loads
- Elk Grove, CA · 5 loads
Delivery cities
- Mobile, AL · 15 loads
- Birmingham, AL · 12 loads
- Harvest, AL · 9 loads
- Huntsville, AL · 9 loads
- Georgiana, AL · 8 loads
8% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 6% had at least one car that does not run.
From the posted rate to what the truck keeps
A rate per loaded mile leaves out the empty miles to the pickup, fuel at today's price, the driver's pay and the cost of the payment terms. The Loadez load board works all of that out on every load, for your own truck, before you call the broker. Check one load with the calculator, or read how to price a load.
Common questions
How much does it pay to haul cars from California to Alabama?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from California to Alabama on the Loadez load board paid a median $0.59 per loaded mile, $0.50 to $0.71 for the middle half, or about $1,251 per car. The median load paid $1,300.
How many car hauling loads go from California to Alabama?
124 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 75 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from Alabama to California?
279 loads went from Alabama to California in the same 30 days, against 124 from California to Alabama.
See every California → Alabama load as it reaches the board.
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