City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,700 miles (2,800 km) from Barnstable Town, MA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,100 miles, or about 36 hours (about 4 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 Austin, TX to Barnstable Town, MA takes about 3 h 25 min, covering roughly 1,700 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.
Austin, TX is on Central Time and Barnstable Town, MA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Barnstable Town, which puts Austin 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.
Austin has a population of 958,202, vs 48,922 in Barnstable Town — about 19.6× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 60 sq mi for Barnstable Town.
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 | Austin | Barnstable Town | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,711/mo | 10.5% higher in Barnstable Town |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $498,700 | 8.1% higher in Barnstable Town |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $94,387 | 9.0% higher in Barnstable Town |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 97.4 | 3.4% higher in Barnstable Town |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 153.1 | 84.1% higher in Barnstable Town |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 100.7 | 4.2% higher in Barnstable Town |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 101.5 | 5.6% higher in Barnstable Town |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Austin, you'd need $97,202 in Barnstable Town to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Barnstable Town, MA is about 2.8% cheaper overall than Austin, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 28% higher in Austin than in Barnstable Town. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $77,761 in Barnstable Town to keep the same standard of living.