Car Hauling Rates in Iowa: Loads Out and In, Rate per Mile by Lane (November 2026)

Will a truck find its next load in Iowa?

Iowa is about even: 0.9 loads picked up for every load delivered.

Over the last 7 days loads out of Iowa paid a median $1.08 a mile, against $1.20 in the 7 days before: the rate fell 10%.

Lanes out of Iowa

To	Loads	Per mile	Per car	Miles
Texas	280	$1.05	$975	967
Illinois	212	$1.30	$300	312
Florida	208	$0.81	$1,175	1,457
Missouri	205	$1.60	$425	338
California	141	$0.70	$1,200	1,787
Within Iowa	122	$2.46	$295	126
Arizona	118	$1.03	$1,400	1,431
Minnesota	100	$1.40	$400	275
Nebraska	84	$2.00	$382	186
New Jersey	80	$0.54	$600	1,108
Indiana	76	$1.24	$450	389
Maryland	72	$0.80	$750	933
Wisconsin	57	$1.43	$425	288
Georgia	53	$1.07	$1,000	948
Michigan	48	$1.15	$605	563
Ohio	46	$1.08	$600	599
New York	40	$1.04	$1,000	1,049
Colorado	39	$1.22	$835	710
Kentucky	39	$1.22	$650	514
Kansas	36	$1.64	$463	245
Oklahoma	35	$1.27	$700	585
Louisiana	34	$1.82	$1,050	1,020
South Carolina	32	$0.84	$850	984
Massachusetts	30	$0.75	$975	1,316
Oregon	26	$0.78	$1,500	1,914
Pennsylvania	25	$0.88	$850	1,049
Tennessee	25	$1.14	$800	666
North Carolina	24	$0.87	$963	1,068
Mississippi	23	$1.07	$750	731
Washington	22	$0.90	$1,550	1,763

Lanes into Iowa

From	Loads	Per mile	Per car	Miles
Illinois	537	$1.63	$350	278
Michigan	248	$1.35	$600	507
Missouri	195	$1.49	$400	334
Indiana	125	$1.50	$650	392
Texas	121	$0.91	$800	922
Minnesota	117	$1.46	$357	255
Ohio	109	$1.20	$700	613
Florida	106	$0.70	$950	1,393
California	80	$0.74	$1,268	1,825
New York	72	$1.01	$1,000	968
Wisconsin	70	$1.43	$500	372
Pennsylvania	64	$1.04	$888	971
Colorado	62	$1.02	$650	650
Georgia	51	$1.02	$1,000	935
Tennessee	47	$1.16	$700	652
Kentucky	45	$0.63	$303	549
North Carolina	39	$1.11	$1,163	1,116
Nebraska	37	$1.56	$350	191
New Jersey	33	$0.81	$900	1,100
Oklahoma	33	$1.08	$600	556
Massachusetts	32	$0.96	$1,325	1,295
Washington	31	$0.75	$1,325	1,777
Kansas	29	$1.47	$403	323
Arizona	28	$0.78	$1,103	1,451
Maryland	27	$0.92	$925	1,010
Utah	24	$0.98	$975	1,087
Virginia	22	$1.04	$1,036	1,056
Maine	21	$0.98	$1,400	1,434

Busiest cities

Pickup cities in Iowa

Des Moines, IA · 256 loads
Cedar Rapids, IA · 236 loads
Davenport, IA · 192 loads
De Soto, IA · 119 loads
Urbandale, IA · 112 loads

Delivery cities in Iowa

Des Moines, IA · 312 loads
Cedar Rapids, IA · 160 loads
Iowa City, IA · 127 loads
Davenport, IA · 118 loads
Council Bluffs, IA · 117 loads

How these numbers are counted. From every car hauling load that reached the Loadez load board in the 30 days to 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC (5 October – 4 November 2026). Rate per mile is the posted price of the whole load divided by its route miles, pickup to delivery; per car is that price divided by the cars on the load. A load posted twice is counted once. Loads without a price or route miles, and placeholder prices, count as loads but not in the rates. Medians, not averages, so one odd posting does not move them; the middle half is the range between the 25th and 75th percentile. These are posted rates, before fuel, empty miles and driver pay. Updated every 6 hours.

Common questions

What do car hauling loads out of Iowa pay?

In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, loads picked up in Iowa on the Loadez load board paid a median $1.13 per loaded mile, $0.84 to $1.61 for the middle half, or about $800 per car.

How many car hauling loads leave Iowa?

2,506 loads picked up in Iowa reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, and 2,669 were delivered into it.

What is the busiest car hauling lane out of Iowa?

Iowa → Texas: 280 loads in the last 30 days, at a median $1.05 a loaded mile.

Iowa car hauling rates