San Antonio to Houston Movers
Moving from San Antonio, Boerne, Kerrville, or anywhere in the Texas Hill Country to Houston, TX? RiverHills runs this 197-mile corridor with one dedicated crew and truck — your goods, our truck, a confirmed delivery date.
Rated 5.0★ from 500+ Google Reviews across our Boerne & Kerrville locations. Licensed & insured — USDOT 3561425 · MC-1196218.
The San Antonio & Hill Country → Houston corridor
The run from San Antonio to Houston is one of the most direct intrastate hauls in Texas — a straight eastbound shot on Interstate 10 covering roughly 197 miles from the edge of the Hill Country to Houston's western suburbs. What makes this a genuine Hill Country corridor is that most departures are already on I-10 long before they reach San Antonio: a load out of Kerrville rolls southeast down the interstate through Comfort and Boerne, Fredericksburg feeds in by way of SH-27 and Comfort, and Fair Oaks Ranch merges on within minutes — all of them funneling through San Antonio and continuing east on the same lanes. That's why a search for "Kerrville to Houston" or "Boerne to Houston" belongs on this page; it is, almost literally, the same drive. Once past San Antonio the truck leaves the limestone hills and live oaks of the Edwards Plateau behind, dropping from Kerrville's roughly 1,600-foot elevation toward near-sea-level Gulf Coast flatland. The road rolls through Seguin, crosses the Guadalupe River, then passes Luling, Flatonia, Schulenburg's painted-church country, and Columbus, where I-10 spans the Colorado River before the land turns board-flat through Sealy, Brookshire, and Katy.
Under normal conditions the drive is about three to three and a half hours of steady interstate, but the final stretch is where planning matters most: the Katy Freeway — one of the widest highways in the world — and the West Loop 610 interchange can swell to a crawl during Houston's morning and evening rush. RiverHills times arrival to slide in around those windows rather than through them, so the crew isn't burning the day idling on the west side. Because the corridor is short enough to complete in a single day, most San Antonio and Hill Country moves to Houston are loaded, driven, and delivered door-to-door without an overnight. Owner-operator Jackson Williams runs each job the same way it's done out of Boerne and Kerrville — furniture blanket-wrapped and pad-protected, drawers and glass shrink-wrapped, and everything strapped tight for the flat, humid ride down I-10.
Your household on one truck, San Antonio to Houston.
Padded, blanket-wrapped, and carried by the same crew from load to delivery — no interlining, no strangers on your shipment.
About Houston, TX
Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the country, and after the tidy, walkable feel of central San Antonio it can read like a dozen cities stitched together. Because Houston famously has no formal zoning code, its character is defined by districts rather than a single downtown grid: the glass towers of Downtown and the bar-and-restaurant energy of Midtown, the leafy bungalows of The Heights, the galleries and nightlife of Montrose, the old-money oaks of River Oaks, and the shops of Rice Village near Rice University. Uptown wraps around The Galleria — Texas's largest shopping complex — while EaDo, the Museum District, and the sprawling Texas Medical Center each pull their own crowds and their own housing markets.
The economy is the real draw. Houston is the energy capital of the world, headquarters to ExxonMobil, Phillips 66, ConocoPhillips and a dense cluster of oil, gas, and petrochemical firms concentrated along the Energy Corridor and the Houston Ship Channel. Just as large is the Texas Medical Center — the biggest medical complex on earth, anchored by MD Anderson, Houston Methodist, and Texas Children's Hospital, and employing well over 100,000 people. Add the Port of Houston, one of the busiest ports in the nation, NASA's Johnson Space Center down in Clear Lake, and one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 headquarters in the country, and the job market simply runs deeper than San Antonio's tourism-, military-, and healthcare-weighted base.
Day to day, Houston rewards newcomers with a nationally recognized food scene, professional teams in every major sport — Astros, Rockets, Texans, and Dynamo — the trails and parks along Buffalo Bayou, and Galveston's beaches barely an hour south. Like San Antonio, it levies no state income tax, but the trade-offs are real: housing, property taxes, and insurance generally run higher than in San Antonio, and flood and windstorm coverage adds a line item that Hill Country buyers rarely have to think about. Paychecks in energy and medicine tend to be higher as well, which is often what tips the math in Houston's favor for the people making this move.
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- check_circleHigher-paying careers in oil, gas, and petrochemicals along the Energy Corridor and Houston Ship Channel that San Antonio's economy can't match at the same scale.
- check_circleThe Texas Medical Center — the world's largest medical complex — draws nurses, physicians, researchers, and support staff by the tens of thousands, a healthcare job market far larger than San Antonio's.
- check_circleCorporate advancement: Houston's cluster of Fortune 500 headquarters means far more room to climb than the smaller corporate footprint back in San Antonio.
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- check_circleAerospace and engineering work tied to NASA's Johnson Space Center and the contractor community around Clear Lake.
- check_circleBig-city amenities — a nationally ranked dining scene, major-league teams in every season, and Gulf Coast beaches an hour away — all while staying in Texas with no state income tax.
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How a San Antonio-area to Houston move is quoted + timed
Every move is estimated for the specific shipment — no published rate card. These are the details RiverHills reviews before discussing price and schedule.
Weather & timing for your Houston move
Houston's climate is a real adjustment coming from the Hill Country. The Gulf Coast heat is not the dry heat of San Antonio and Kerrville — it's heavy and humid, with summer heat-index readings routinely pushing past 100 degrees, which makes June through August the hardest stretch to move furniture and boxes through. Hurricane and flood season runs June to November and peaks in August and September; Houston is flat and famously flood-prone, so late-summer moves carry a small but real risk of a storm reshuffling the calendar. Spring brings the occasional severe thunderstorm, while winters are short and mild. The best windows to move to Houston are late October into November and again in March into April, when temperatures ease, humidity drops, and you're clear of the peak of hurricane season. Note that RiverHills moves your belongings in clean, padded, blanket-wrapped transport — not a climate-controlled trailer — so on a humid load day it helps to let wood, leather, and electronics breathe rather than sealing them up damp.
Tips for a San Antonio → Houston move
One accountable crew, San Antonio to Houston
Owner-operated by Jackson Williams, RiverHills coordinates the transportation plan, crew, access details, and selected services during the estimate — your goods stay on our truck with one crew from load to delivery, not consolidated with other households.
Whether you're leaving San Antonio, Boerne, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, or anywhere in the Hill Country, options to discuss for a Houston move include:
- In-home or virtual estimate walkthrough
- Full or partial packing and unpacking when selected
- Furniture disassembly, reassembly, and protection matched to the item
- Building, gate, elevator, loading-area, and storage details you share
Call (830) 329-7272 or use the estimate form to share your move details.
Real Texas moves, in their words
A few of the 5.0★ reviews from families and businesses RiverHills has moved across state lines and long distances — the same crews that would handle your Houston move.
RiverHills Moving was amazing to work with. They helped our clients move furniture from Kerrville to Houston from a 7,000sf house including a 1,000lb pool table and were very kind throughout the process! — David & Jayden Hughes, Broken Arrow Realty Group with eXp Realty
Front Desk Kerrville → Houston (7,000 sf home, 1,000 lb pool table) · via Google Super friendly and reliable service members. They worked fast and diligently to get me moved from Kerrville all the way to Dallas! I would definitely recommend this company if you’re planning on moving.
Zoe Elise Furr Kerrville → Dallas move · via Google RiverHills Moving Company helped me move my mom from Harper Texas to Dallas (Frisco) Texas. They were absolutely fantastic. Could not have been nicer guys that helped pack her up and move her in. Very respectful and I have NEVER had movers that have handled our stuff so well and were so polite. I grew up military and have moved my entire childhood. They took great care of my mom.
jill chatham Harper, TX → Frisco/Dallas move · via Google Everything your Houston move needs
One accountable crew handles it all — packing, loading, transport, and setup — for your San Antonio → Houston move.
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Learn more arrow_forwardFrequently asked: San Antonio to Houston
How far is the San Antonio to Houston move, and can it be done in a single day? expand_more
It's about 197 miles on Interstate 10 East, roughly three to three and a half hours of driving in normal conditions. Because it's a short intrastate corridor, the large majority of San Antonio and Hill Country moves to Houston are loaded, driven, and unloaded the same day — no overnight required.
Is RiverHills licensed to handle a move within Texas? expand_more
Yes. Texas regulates intrastate household-goods movers through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and RiverHills holds active TxDMV authority (009770506C). For moves that cross state lines the company also carries federal USDOT 3561425 and MC-1196218 interstate household-goods authority — so whether you're staying in Texas or heading beyond it, the move runs on RiverHills' own authority, never brokered out.
What determines the cost of my San Antonio to Houston move? expand_more
Every move on this route is custom-quoted. The estimate is shaped by how much you're moving (volume and weight), the access on both ends — stairs, elevators, high-rise floors, gated communities, and long carries are common in Houston — whether you want full or partial packing, any specialty items such as a piano or gun safe, and your move date. RiverHills builds the quote around your specific home rather than a flat rate.
What if my Houston place isn't ready on move-out day — can you store my things? expand_more
Yes. When there's a gap between your San Antonio or Hill Country move-out and your Houston move-in, RiverHills can hold your belongings in storage-in-transit. Everything stays blanket-wrapped and pad-protected in clean, secure storage until your new place is ready — just ask for the details when you book so it's built into the plan from the start.
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