City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from Haverhill, MA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,100 miles, or about 35 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 Haverhill, MA takes about 3 h 24 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 Haverhill, MA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Haverhill, 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 67,273 in Haverhill — about 14.2× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Haverhill.
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 | Haverhill | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,462/mo | 6.0% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $400,900 | 15.1% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $81,989 | 5.6% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 99.4 | 5.5% higher in Haverhill |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 141.1 | 69.6% higher in Haverhill |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 102.9 | 6.5% higher in Haverhill |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 103.7 | 7.9% higher in Haverhill |
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 $116,656 in Haverhill to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 14.3% cheaper overall than Haverhill, MA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 18% higher in Haverhill than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $93,324 in Haverhill to keep the same standard of living.