City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from Centreville, VA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,600 miles, or about 27 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 Centreville, VA takes about 2 h 35 min, covering roughly 1,300 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 Centreville, VA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Centreville, 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 72,680 in Centreville — about 13.2× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 12 sq mi for Centreville.
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 | Centreville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $2,107/mo | 36.0% higher in Centreville |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $530,100 | 14.9% higher in Centreville |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $136,679 | 57.9% higher in Centreville |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 104.3 | 10.7% higher in Centreville |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 105.6 | 27.0% higher in Centreville |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 102.2 | 5.7% higher in Centreville |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 101.6 | 5.8% higher in Centreville |
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 $118,083 in Centreville to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 15.3% cheaper overall than Centreville, VA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 27% higher in Centreville than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $94,467 in Centreville to keep the same standard of living.