City comparison
Austin, TX is about 750 miles (1,200 km) from Commerce City, CO in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 950 miles, or about 16 hours 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 Commerce City, CO takes about 1 h 33 min, covering roughly 750 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 Commerce City, CO is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 11 a.m. in Commerce City, which puts Austin 1 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 63,050 in Commerce City — about 15.2× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 37 sq mi for Commerce City.
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 | Commerce City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,540/mo | 0.6% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $436,500 | 5.7% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $96,484 | 11.5% higher in Commerce City |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 101.2 | 7.5% higher in Commerce City |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 91.2 | 9.6% higher in Commerce City |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 99.9 | 3.4% higher in Commerce City |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 99.9 | 3.9% higher in Commerce City |
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 $112,563 in Commerce City to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 11.2% cheaper overall than Commerce City, CO, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 20% higher in Commerce City than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $90,050 in Commerce City to keep the same standard of living.