Des Moines is a quick run straight east on I-80, about 135 miles across the Iowa farmland from our yard off South 135th Street near Millard, and it is one of our steadiest lanes over the river. A lot of these moves are families heading to the Iowa capital for work: a Council Bluffs household landing in the Des Moines suburbs, a Midtown Omaha couple taking over a place near downtown or Beaverdale, or a corporate transfer leaving an Omaha headquarters for a job along the I-235 loop. Whatever the move, Tetris Moving keeps it on one truck with the same crew the whole way, so the hands that load your boxes in Omaha are the hands that carry them into the Des Moines house.
The drive is a little over two hours of open interstate past the Iowa exits, which means almost every Des Moines move loads and unloads the same day. Megan trains the crews to fit a full household into as few loads as possible, so an Elkhorn far-west two-story with a packed garage, a Benson apartment with a tight stair, or a Des Moines split-level with a long driveway approach are all planned before we get there. We are a licensed and insured mover, operating across Nebraska and western Iowa, with US DOT and MC authority and $1M in cargo coverage, and we are a full-service general mover for any household, apartment, or office. We never subcontract the job or hand it to a broker. Get an Omaha to Des Moines moving quote, or see how our long-distance moving service runs this Iowa lane.
You approve a flat rate before loading, and it holds the full 135 miles unless an access surprise we could not see comes up. Send us the home sizes and the access at both ends, and that number carries from your room in Omaha to the room in Des Moines. Because we load the truck tight and fit more per trip, a two-state hop like this usually takes fewer runs and less truck, which keeps the rate down.
Omaha → Des Moines — Estimated Cost
| Home Size | Estimated Flat Rate | Typical Transit |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1 BR | $760–$1,150 | Same day |
| 2 Bedrooms | $1,150–$1,720 | Same day |
| 3 Bedrooms | $1,660–$2,470 | Same day |
| 4+ BR / House | $2,390–$3,560 | Same day |
Treat these as planning numbers. We lock the binding written price once we walk through the home size and the access on each end together.
Moving Omaha to Des Moines?
The same Omaha crew start to finish, on one binding written price, loaded and set down door to door
Our own Omaha crew loads your home in Omaha and stays accountable the entire route — never a broker, never a load board.
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