City comparison
Apex, NC is about 1,200 miles (2,000 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,500 miles, or about 25 hours (about 3 days at 10 h/day) 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 Apex, NC to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 26 min, covering roughly 1,200 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.
Apex, NC is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Apex, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts Apex 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.
San Antonio has a population of 1,445,662, vs 65,541 in Apex — about 22.1× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 27 sq mi for Apex.
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 | Apex | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,668/mo | $1,189/mo | 40.3% higher in Apex |
| Median home value | $458,200 | $198,000 | 131.4% higher in Apex |
| Median household income | $129,688 | $59,593 | 117.6% higher in Apex |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 94.2 | 2.8% higher in Apex |
| Utilities index | 89.5 | 83.3 | 7.4% higher in Apex |
| Transportation index | 98.4 | 96.6 | 1.8% higher in Apex |
| Healthcare index | 97.9 | 96.1 | 1.8% higher in Apex |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Apex, you'd need $93,621 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 6.4% cheaper overall than Apex, NC, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 12% higher in Apex than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Apex, you'd need about $74,897 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.