Austin is the shortest of our long hauls and one of the busiest. Two-and-a-half to three hours straight up US-290, and you are trading the humid Gulf Coast for the Hill Country edge of Central Texas. We run this lane constantly for families chasing tech and state jobs, for graduates leaving the Houston metro, and for retirees who want cooler evenings and lake country without leaving Texas.
Moving out of state? Greater Houston moving crew keeps your shipment with one Space City crew from the Houston curb to the new front door, on a flat price set in writing.
The drive west on US-290
From Dayton we cut across to US-290 and run it the whole way through Hempstead and Giddings into the Austin grade. It is a clean, direct corridor, and at 165 miles it is short enough that the same crew that wraps your furniture in the Houston area carries it into your new place in Austin. One truck, one team, no transfer to a warehouse in between.
Why people make this move
- Tech, semiconductor, and state-government transfers pulling workers inland
- Younger movers leaving Houston for Austin’s job market and music scene
- Families trading flat coastal lots for Hill Country slopes and lake access
- Downsizers heading to condos and townhomes near downtown and the lakes
What changes when you land
You are leaving heavy coastal humidity and hurricane season behind for a drier, hillier climate. Austin homes sit on rolling limestone instead of flat Gulf Coast slab, so expect more split-levels, more stairs, and tighter driveways than you are used to around Dayton or Atascocita. Our crew chiefs plan the carry and the stair count before the truck ever rolls.
How we run the job
We load at dawn to beat the Texas heat, pad and shrink-wrap everything before it leaves the house, and inventory each piece. Our movers, our trucks, our insurance, start to finish. Space City Movers holds Texas TxDMV household-goods registration plus USDOT and MC authority for the interstate leg of any move, and on the Austin run that licensing covers you the entire way.
What your flat number includes
- A binding price after we see the inventory, not a moving-day surprise
- Full pad-wrap and disassembly of beds, tables, and large furniture
- Loading, the 165-mile haul, and unloading by the same crew
- A $105 deposit that holds your date and comes off the final bill
Tell us your home size and rough timeline and we will get the Austin number back to you fast. Get my free moving quote.
How this run goes · ~165 mi
Starting in Greater Houston, one crew and one truck carry the whole haul, tracked door to door on a single binding flat rate. The delivery date we promise is the date it lands — your load stays with that one crew start to finish, never handed off, and you pay the figure we wrote down, no other.