City comparison
Amarillo, TX is about 900 miles (1,500 km) from Jeffersonville, IN in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 19 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 Amarillo, TX to Jeffersonville, IN takes about 1 h 50 min, covering roughly 900 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.
Amarillo, TX is on Mountain Time and Jeffersonville, IN is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Amarillo, it's 1 p.m. in Jeffersonville, which puts Amarillo 1 hours behind.
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.
Amarillo has a population of 200,360, vs 49,771 in Jeffersonville — about 4.0× larger by population. By land area, Amarillo covers about 105 sq mi vs 34 sq mi for Jeffersonville.
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 | Amarillo | Jeffersonville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $997/mo | $1,028/mo | 3.1% higher in Jeffersonville |
| Median home value | $172,700 | $187,700 | 8.7% higher in Jeffersonville |
| Median household income | $60,628 | $67,566 | 11.4% higher in Jeffersonville |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 95.8 | 1.7% higher in Jeffersonville |
| Utilities index | 84.5 | 78.9 | 7.1% higher in Amarillo |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 97.3 | 0.7% higher in Jeffersonville |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 97.5 | 1.4% higher in Jeffersonville |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Amarillo, you'd need $99,943 in Jeffersonville to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Amarillo and Jeffersonville have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Amarillo, you'd need about $79,954 in Jeffersonville to keep the same standard of living.