What 10,000 Miles Does to a Used Car’s Price

Every buyer knows mileage matters. Almost nobody knows what a mile is actually worth. We took ten of America’s best-selling 2022 model-year vehicles and measured how their median asking price changes across mileage bands, from under 15,000 miles to over 105,000. The answer: on a mainstream car, every 10,000 miles removes $500–$900 from the asking price — and on a full-size truck, over $1,300.

What 10,000 miles costs, model by model

The dollar cost scales with the price of the vehicle: the F-150 loses the most per mile simply because there is more value to lose. As a percentage of the low-mileage price, the field converges: most models shed roughly 25–34% of their value across the full 105,000-mile span.

The mileage bands that matter most

Depreciation per mile is not flat. On the Toyota Camry, the first band (under 15,000 miles) costs only a few hundred dollars, the middle bands (30,000–75,000) run $600–$1,200 per 10,000 miles, and the last band before 120,000 miles is the most expensive of all — nearly $1,400 per 10,000 as the six-figure odometer psychological line approaches.

The practical rule that falls out of the data: the sweet spot for buyers is 30,000–60,000 miles — past the steep early drop, before the highway-mileage discount stops compounding — and sellers should move a vehicle before it crosses 100,000 , where the final cliff is steepest.

What this means if you’re buying

• Translate mileage into dollars before negotiating. A 45,000-mile example priced like a 30,000-mile one is overpriced by roughly $900–$2,000 depending on the model.
• High-mileage trucks hold surprising value. Even at 105,000+ miles the median 2022 F-150 asks $27,995 — 66% of its low-mileage sibling.
• Check the curve for your exact model on our price pages — the per-10K cost above is an average, and the band-by-band shape is where the bargains hide.

Methodology notes

2022 model-year national listings, snapshot of August 4, 2026, grouped into 15,000-mile bands (0–15K through 105–120K), minimum 25 listings per band. “Per 10,000 miles” = (median of lowest band − median of highest band) ÷ 105,000 × 10,000. In six of ten models the under-15K band lists slightly below the 15–30K band — a small-sample quirk of dealer-demo and fleet vehicles — which slightly understates the early-mileage drop. Medians throughout. See how we build these studies.