Fee comparison
Residential delivery fees by carrier
Delivery to a residence or home business, typically requiring smaller equipment or extra time.
Lowest per cwt
$7.60
Median per cwt
$12.50
Highest per cwt
$14.50
Carriers
10
Per shipment
1
Southeastern Freight Lines
$50 per shipment for listed DC ZIP codes on non-direct shipments
$50lowest
Per hundredweight (cwt)
3
TForce Freight
$12.50/CWT non-NYC ($13.65 NYC Metro), $195 minimum, $680 maximum per shipment.
$12.50
R+L Carriers
Shipments to/from private residences, apartments, condos, estates, farms; signature fee applicable
$15.00 per 100 lbs, $225.00 min, $1,530.00 max per shipment
Estes
$8.50/cwt with $75.00 minimum and $550.00 maximum per shipment
$8.50/cwt; $75.00 min/shipment; $550.00 max/shipment
Roadrunner
Pickup or delivery at private residences
$15/cwt, $100 min charge
Dayton Freight
Pickup/delivery at private residence (incl. home businesses, apartments, condos, etc.).
$9.50 per 100 lbs, $125.00 min, $250.00 max
Saia
Applies separately for pickup and delivery at private residences, farms, or rural businesses
$11.54 per 100 lbs, $166.00 minimum, $694.50 maximum
Saia
Two-person team, room of choice, unpacking, light assembly, debris removal within 4-hour window
$70.86 per 100 lbs, $355.50 minimum
Amounts are each carrier's published tariff figure — negotiated contracts may override them. Carriers price this fee in different shapes (flat charge, per-cwt rate), so the table groups like with like — a low per-cwt rate is not a low fee once its minimum charge applies. Click a carrier for the citation, tariff language, and history.
Put this comparison on your own site: embed it (free, one iframe snippet) — or download the full dataset as JSON/CSV.
Get fee-change alerts
We re-verify residential delivery fees against the source on a schedule. Get an email when the numbers change.