City comparison
Apopka, FL is about 950 miles (1,600 km) from Flower Mound, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 20 hours (about 2 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 Apopka, FL to Flower Mound, TX takes about 1 h 56 min, covering roughly 950 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.
Apopka, FL is on Eastern Time and Flower Mound, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Apopka, it's 11 a.m. in Flower Mound, which puts Apopka 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.
Flower Mound has a population of 76,630, vs 55,056 in Apopka — about 1.4× larger by population. By land area, Flower Mound covers about 42 sq mi vs 35 sq mi for Apopka.
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 | Apopka | Flower Mound | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,828/mo | $2,039/mo | 11.5% higher in Flower Mound |
| Median home value | $330,900 | $467,600 | 41.3% higher in Flower Mound |
| Median household income | $87,394 | $154,471 | 76.8% higher in Flower Mound |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 102.5 | 6.2% higher in Flower Mound |
| Utilities index | 87.9 | 91.1 | 3.6% higher in Flower Mound |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 99.8 | 0.7% higher in Flower Mound |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 99.2 | 0.7% higher in Flower Mound |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Apopka, you'd need $100,037 in Flower Mound to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Apopka and Flower Mound have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 3% higher in Apopka than in Flower Mound. If you earn $80,000 in Apopka, you'd need about $80,029 in Flower Mound to keep the same standard of living.