Residential ground now moves on weekends too. Quote the lane and the estimate comes back with the rate.
The seven-day schedule most guides still get wrong
Plenty of pages still describe this product as a Tuesday to Saturday operation. FedEx no longer does. Here is the current wording, taken off the product page and the weekend page on the same day.
- Days of the week: "Deliveries are made every day of the week", including to over 98% of the US population on Saturdays, per fedex.com checked 2026-07-28.
- Sundays: FedEx states Home Delivery reaches nearly two-thirds of the US population on Sundays.
- Transit: "In the contiguous U.S., delivery takes 1-5 days. Shipping to and from Alaska and Hawaii is 3-7 days."
- Hour: weekend residential drops typically land by 8 p.m., and FedEx Evening Home Delivery covers 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Scope: the product carries parcels of 150 lbs or less to residences, while FedEx Ground handles business addresses Monday through Friday.
The practical consequence is that a residential parcel does not sit idle over a weekend the way a commercial one can. A Friday handover on a two-day lane can genuinely land on Sunday, which changes the arithmetic on anything a buyer wants before Monday.
What residential ground rates returned by distance
Our quotes name the FedEx surface products directly, and none of the 37 captures came back with a row labelled Home Delivery, so we report what the rate said rather than relabelling it. The rows below are the FedEx surface tier on one box to seven residential destinations. Those prices already contain everything we charge.
| Destination | Service | Price | Window on the rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoboken, NJ 07030 | Ground Economy | $11.42 | 2-3 business days |
| Philadelphia, PA 19102 | Ground Economy | $11.42 | 2-3 business days |
| Atlanta, GA 30303 | Ground Economy | $14.31 | 6-7 business days |
| Dallas, TX 75201 | Ground Economy | $16.22 | 6-7 business days |
| Denver, CO 80202 | Ground Economy | $17.52 | 6-7 business days |
| Los Angeles, CA 90011 | Ground Economy | $20.50 | 7-8 business days |
| Seattle, WA 98101 | Ground Economy | $20.50 | 8-9 business days |
Chicago is missing from that list on purpose. Each quote returns five rates, and on the Chicago run no FedEx row made the cut, so there is nothing honest to put in the gap. Across the seven that did return, the price climbed by $9.08 from the local hop to the far coast while the window stretched by six business days.
Address type decides the product
A parcel going to a house rides the residential network whatever the label on the rate says, and a parcel going to a warehouse rides the commercial one. Getting the address type right at quote time is what keeps the estimate honest.
Evening delivery buys a narrower slot
FedEx offers a 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. window as a separate residential option. It suits recipients who work daytime hours and cannot leave a parcel on a step, and it is worth mentioning to a buyer who has already had one go missing.
These day counts are domestic
Everything on this page concerns parcels moving inside the United States — FedEx Home Delivery itself does not cross a border. SMKlog also sells international labels to Canada, the UK, Germany and Australia, but those ride different services with their own transit windows, so the day counts here stop at the border.
Home Delivery timing questions
How many days does FedEx Home Delivery take?
FedEx states delivery takes 1 to 5 days in the contiguous US and 3 to 7 days to or from Alaska and Hawaii, per fedex.com checked 2026-07-28. Live rates narrow that to a lane-specific window, which in our 2026-07-28 captures ran from 2-3 business days on a local hop to 8-9 across the country.
Does FedEx Home Delivery run on Saturday and Sunday?
Yes. FedEx states deliveries are made every day of the week, covering over 98% of the US population on Saturdays and nearly two-thirds on Sundays. Weekend residential parcels typically land by 8 p.m.
How is Home Delivery different from FedEx Ground?
The address type and the calendar. FedEx Ground carries parcels of 150 lbs or less to businesses Monday through Friday, while Home Delivery carries the same weight ceiling to residences every day of the week. Transit days published for the two are the same 1 to 5 range in the contiguous US.
What did a residential FedEx rate cost across the country?
For a 12 by 10 by 6 in box at 5 lb leaving Newark on 2026-07-28, the FedEx surface row ran $11.42 to Hoboken and Philadelphia at 2-3 business days, $14.31 to Atlanta at 6-7, and $20.50 to both Los Angeles and Seattle at 7-8 and 8-9 respectively.