Virginia to California car hauling rates
751 car hauling loads from Virginia to California reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $0.55 a loaded mile, about $1,425 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$0.55
Middle half: $0.47 to $0.74 a loaded mile
Per car
$1,425
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
751
in 30 days · 361 in the last 7
Median load
$1,450
1 cars · 2,706 miles (each its own median)
What loads from Virginia to California paid this month
Half of the 749 priced loads from Virginia to California paid between $0.47 and $0.74 a loaded mile, and the median was $0.55. 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 2,706 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 Virginia to California paid 18% less than the market for that distance.
Every load out of Virginia, to anywhere, paid a median $1.12 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from Virginia to California paid a median $0.55 a mile, against $0.57 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 California
The way back is thinner: 425 loads went from California to Virginia (California to Virginia rates), about 6 for every 10 going out. Most trucks will find their next load on another lane out of California.
The busiest lanes out of California this month:
| From California to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,616 | $0.70 | $1,000 | 1,535 |
| Florida | 1,832 | $0.53 | $1,400 | 2,704 |
| Arizona | 1,475 | $1.10 | $475 | 394 |
| Nevada | 979 | $1.35 | $400 | 282 |
| Washington | 628 | $0.81 | $800 | 1,134 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Virginia Beach, VA · 82 loads
- Norfolk, VA · 75 loads
- Fairfax, VA · 53 loads
- Richmond, VA · 37 loads
- Alexandria, VA · 36 loads
Delivery cities
- San Diego, CA · 82 loads
- Los Angeles, CA · 48 loads
- Long Beach, CA · 30 loads
- San Jose, CA · 30 loads
- Fremont, CA · 25 loads
15% 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 Virginia to California?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from Virginia to California on the Loadez load board paid a median $0.55 per loaded mile, $0.47 to $0.74 for the middle half, or about $1,425 per car. The median load paid $1,450.
How many car hauling loads go from Virginia to California?
751 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 361 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from California to Virginia?
425 loads went from California to Virginia in the same 30 days, against 751 from Virginia to California.
See every Virginia → California load as it reaches the board.
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