City comparison
Allen, TX is about 600 miles (950 km) from El Paso, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 700 miles, or about 12 hours behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Allen, TX to El Paso, TX takes about 1 h 9 min, covering roughly 600 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Allen, TX is on Central Time and El Paso, TX is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Allen, it's 11 a.m. in El Paso, which puts Allen 1 hours ahead.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
El Paso has a population of 677,181, vs 105,444 in Allen — about 6.4× larger by population. By land area, El Paso covers about 260 sq mi vs 26 sq mi for Allen.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Allen | El Paso | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,747/mo | $976/mo | 79.0% higher in Allen |
| Median home value | $390,200 | $159,300 | 144.9% higher in Allen |
| Median household income | $121,259 | $55,710 | 117.7% higher in Allen |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 94.2 | 8.8% higher in Allen |
| Utilities index | 91.1 | 83.7 | 8.8% higher in Allen |
| Transportation index | 99.8 | 96.6 | 3.2% higher in Allen |
| Healthcare index | 99.2 | 96.1 | 3.2% higher in Allen |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Allen, you'd need $78,377 in El Paso to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
El Paso, TX is about 21.6% cheaper overall than Allen, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 67% higher in Allen than in El Paso. If you earn $80,000 in Allen, you'd need about $62,701 in El Paso to keep the same standard of living.