City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Brentwood, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,800 miles, or about 30 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 Austin, TX to Brentwood, CA takes about 2 h 56 min, covering roughly 1,500 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 Brentwood, CA is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 10 a.m. in Brentwood, 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 64,443 in Brentwood — about 14.9× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 15 sq mi for Brentwood.
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 | Brentwood | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $2,451/mo | 58.2% higher in Brentwood |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $735,500 | 59.4% higher in Brentwood |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $134,689 | 55.6% higher in Brentwood |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 107.4 | 14.0% higher in Brentwood |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 165.3 | 98.7% higher in Brentwood |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 104.8 | 8.5% higher in Brentwood |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 104.8 | 9.0% higher in Brentwood |
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 $134,786 in Brentwood to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 25.8% cheaper overall than Brentwood, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 48% higher in Brentwood than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $107,829 in Brentwood to keep the same standard of living.