Moving from Rochester, New York to Reno

Rochester is at 493 feet and the Sparks warehouse is at 4,437. The mileage here is a map planning figure; the carrier network sets the actual routing.

I-90 across New York, then I-80

A move from Rochester starts on I-90 across New York and joins I-80, which carries 1,968 miles or 79 percent of the map route. The line from Rochester to Reno is about 2,178 miles on the map and the road adds roughly 320.

Each state publishes a 511 page, and NDOT covers Nevada. Ask the estimator how the shipment will be routed.

Five days, one window

Wheel time is about 43 h 42 min, which the planning rule rounds to five days at 500 miles a day. The delivery window in your written estimate is the date to plan around.

Rochester's January high is 33.4 degrees and its low is 19, with 35.1 inches of precipitation a year. Reno's January high is 47.7 and its precipitation is 7.35 inches. A loading day in a Rochester snowstorm is slower; a spring or autumn date is easier.

How the move works with O'Brien's

You book with O'Brien's, a Bekins agent in Sparks. We coordinate the move from your Rochester address through the Bekins network, then handle delivery, unpacking and storage in the Reno area. Our 30,000 square foot warehouse can hold the shipment if the new home is not ready, and vault storage starts from $40 per month.

Request a phone ballpark or the online estimate.

Rochester and Reno compared

The Rochester metro has about 1.06 million people, a Census median household income of $76,284 and a median home value of $204,600. The Reno metro's median household income is $87,485 and its median home value is $502,300, which is nearly two and a half times Rochester's. Median gross rent is $1,143 in Rochester and $1,592 in Reno.

County records show people moving in both directions between Monroe, Ontario and Orleans counties and Washoe County. For the wider picture, see moving to Reno from New York.