City comparison
Arden-Arcade, CA is about 600 miles (1,000 km) from Phoenix, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 800 miles, or about 13 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 Arden-Arcade, CA to Phoenix, AZ takes about 1 h 15 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.
Arden-Arcade, CA is on Pacific Time and Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Arden-Arcade, it's 1 p.m. in Phoenix, which puts Arden-Arcade 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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 96,076 in Arden-Arcade — about 16.8× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 16 sq mi for Arden-Arcade.
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 | Arden-Arcade | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,385/mo | $1,322/mo | 4.8% higher in Arden-Arcade |
| Median home value | $466,300 | $340,200 | 37.1% higher in Arden-Arcade |
| Median household income | $64,479 | $72,092 | 11.8% higher in Phoenix |
| Groceries index | 105.1 | 95.8 | 9.6% higher in Arden-Arcade |
| Utilities index | 148.9 | 96.2 | 54.8% higher in Arden-Arcade |
| Transportation index | 100.7 | 104.1 | 3.4% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 100.6 | 104.0 | 3.4% higher in Phoenix |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Arden-Arcade, you'd need $92,481 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Phoenix, AZ is about 7.5% cheaper overall than Arden-Arcade, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 7% higher in Arden-Arcade than in Phoenix. If you earn $80,000 in Arden-Arcade, you'd need about $73,985 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.