City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from Canton, OH in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,500 miles, or about 24 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 Austin, TX to Canton, OH takes about 2 h 20 min, covering roughly 1,200 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 Canton, OH is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Canton, 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 70,589 in Canton — about 13.6× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 27 sq mi for Canton.
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 | Canton | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $793/mo | 95.3% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $86,200 | 435.4% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $37,627 | 130.0% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 93.9 | ≈ equal (Austin slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 96.5 | 16.0% higher in Canton |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 98.8 | 2.2% higher in Canton |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 99.0 | 3.0% higher in Canton |
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 $76,844 in Canton to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Canton, OH is about 23.2% cheaper overall than Austin, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 106% higher in Austin than in Canton. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $61,475 in Canton to keep the same standard of living.