City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,700 miles (2,800 km) from Beaverton, OR 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 Beaverton, OR 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 Beaverton, OR is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 10 a.m. in Beaverton, which puts Austin 2 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.
Austin has a population of 958,202, vs 97,554 in Beaverton — about 9.8× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 20 sq mi for Beaverton.
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 | Beaverton | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,663/mo | 7.4% higher in Beaverton |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $494,700 | 7.2% higher in Beaverton |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $88,899 | 2.7% higher in Beaverton |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 105.1 | 11.6% higher in Beaverton |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 108.6 | 30.5% higher in Beaverton |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 100.5 | 4.0% higher in Beaverton |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 100.5 | 4.6% higher in Beaverton |
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 $107,214 in Beaverton to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 6.7% cheaper overall than Beaverton, OR, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 4% higher in Beaverton than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $85,771 in Beaverton to keep the same standard of living.