Illinois to Texas car hauling rates
1,452 car hauling loads from Illinois to Texas reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $0.96 a loaded mile, about $900 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$0.96
Middle half: $0.78 to $1.30 a loaded mile
Per car
$900
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
1,452
in 30 days · 624 in the last 7
Median load
$950
1 cars · 1,036 miles (each its own median)
What loads from Illinois to Texas paid this month
Half of the 1,444 priced loads from Illinois to Texas paid between $0.78 and $1.30 a loaded mile, and the median was $0.96. 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 1,036 miles. Across the country, loads of 1,000 to 1,500 miles paid a median $0.85 a mile in the same 30 days, so loads from Illinois to Texas paid 13% more than 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 Texas paid a median $0.94 a mile, against $0.98 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 Texas
The way back is thinner: 615 loads went from Texas to Illinois (Texas to Illinois rates), about 4 for every 10 going out. Most trucks will find their next load on another lane out of Texas.
The busiest lanes out of Texas this month:
| From Texas to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,842 | $0.60 | $900 | 1,494 |
| Florida | 1,641 | $0.59 | $681 | 1,190 |
| Georgia | 821 | $0.67 | $600 | 846 |
| Louisiana | 634 | $1.16 | $350 | 348 |
| Arizona | 594 | $0.75 | $675 | 1,063 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Chicago, IL · 208 loads
- Matteson, IL · 93 loads
- Normal, IL · 60 loads
- Elgin, IL · 55 loads
- Northwoods, IL · 42 loads
Delivery cities
- Houston, TX · 235 loads
- Dallas, TX · 121 loads
- San Antonio, TX · 97 loads
- Austin, TX · 68 loads
- Fort Worth, TX · 46 loads
10% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 4% 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 Texas?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from Illinois to Texas on the Loadez load board paid a median $0.96 per loaded mile, $0.78 to $1.30 for the middle half, or about $900 per car. The median load paid $950.
How many car hauling loads go from Illinois to Texas?
1,452 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 624 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from Texas to Illinois?
615 loads went from Texas to Illinois in the same 30 days, against 1,452 from Illinois to Texas.
See every Illinois → Texas load as it reaches the board.
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