Illinois to Iowa car hauling rates
537 car hauling loads from Illinois to Iowa reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $1.63 a loaded mile, about $350 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$1.63
Middle half: $1.19 to $2.95 a loaded mile
Per car
$350
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
537
in 30 days · 269 in the last 7
Median load
$458
1 cars · 278 miles (each its own median)
What loads from Illinois to Iowa paid this month
Half of the 536 priced loads from Illinois to Iowa paid between $1.19 and $2.95 a loaded mile, and the median was $1.63. 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 278 miles. Across the country, loads of under 500 miles paid a median $1.57 a mile in the same 30 days, so loads from Illinois to Iowa paid about the same as the market for that distance.
Every load out of Illinois, to anywhere, paid a median $1.09 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from Illinois to Iowa paid a median $1.39 a mile, against $2.17 in the 7 days before: the rate fell 36%.
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 Iowa
Iowa to Illinois is the thin side of this lane: 212 loads in the same 30 days (Iowa to Illinois rates), about 4 for every 10 going out. Count the miles home, or to the next pickup, into the rate you take here.
The busiest lanes out of Iowa this month:
| From Iowa to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 280 | $1.05 | $975 | 967 |
| Florida | 208 | $0.81 | $1,175 | 1,457 |
| Missouri | 205 | $1.60 | $425 | 338 |
| California | 141 | $0.70 | $1,200 | 1,787 |
| Arizona | 118 | $1.03 | $1,400 | 1,431 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- South Chicago Heights, IL · 189 loads
- Harvey, IL · 29 loads
- Chicago, IL · 27 loads
- Matteson, IL · 25 loads
- Franklin Park, IL · 21 loads
Delivery cities
- Des Moines, IA · 46 loads
- Davenport, IA · 34 loads
- Ankeny, IA · 29 loads
- Iowa City, IA · 25 loads
- Marshalltown, IA · 21 loads
0% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 2% 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 Illinois to Iowa?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from Illinois to Iowa on the Loadez load board paid a median $1.63 per loaded mile, $1.19 to $2.95 for the middle half, or about $350 per car. The median load paid $458.
How many car hauling loads go from Illinois to Iowa?
537 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 269 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from Iowa to Illinois?
212 loads went from Iowa to Illinois in the same 30 days, against 537 from Illinois to Iowa.
See every Illinois → Iowa load as it reaches the board.
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