Moving between Reno and Texas

Texas does not border Nevada, so every Texas move is a true cross-country haul. The pages below cover the six Texas cities on our map, both into and out of Reno.

The six Texas cities, nearest first

El Paso comes first at about 1,152 miles, the only one that bends south through Arizona on I-10. Then comes Dallas-Fort Worth at about 1,651 and Killeen and Temple at about 1,655. Austin is about 1,689, San Antonio about 1,698 and Houston about 1,846.

That puts the Texas Triangle of Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston within about 200 miles of each other as far as Reno is concerned. The route differences come from the city, not the roads.

The roads between the two

Our route data shows most Texas drives using I-40 and US-95, running diagonally across New Mexico, Arizona and southern Nevada. San Antonio and El Paso lean on I-10 instead. There are no high mountain summits on these drives, so winter closures are a lesser worry than on the California routes.

Two-way traffic, tilted toward Nevada

In 2024 the Census counted about 8,300 people moving from Texas to Nevada and about 6,100 moving from Nevada to Texas. Both figures have wide margins of error, so read them as rough sizes. On a five-year average, about 820 people a year moved from Texas to Washoe County, the county that holds Reno and Sparks.

Texas also levies no state income tax, as Nevada does not, so many Texas movers find the tax picture in Reno familiar. The state tax and DMV table shows how the two compare.

Booking a Texas move

Going from Reno to Texas, you book with O'Brien's: our estimator prices the move, we pack, store and load, and the Bekins network carries it. Coming to Reno from Texas, you book with O'Brien's and we coordinate the move from your origin through the Bekins network, then deliver, unpack and store in Sparks.

Your written estimate gives a written estimate and sets the delivery window. A typical long-distance checklist helps you plan the final weeks.