City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from High Point, NC in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,400 miles, or about 23 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 High Point, NC takes about 2 h 12 min, covering roughly 1,100 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 High Point, NC is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in High Point, 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 114,120 in High Point — about 8.4× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 57 sq mi for High Point.
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 | High Point | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,030/mo | 50.4% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $196,500 | 134.9% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $58,582 | 47.8% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 96.8 | 2.8% higher in High Point |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 89.6 | 7.7% higher in High Point |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 98.4 | 1.8% higher in High Point |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 97.9 | 1.8% higher in High Point |
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 $83,221 in High Point to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
High Point, NC is about 16.8% cheaper overall than Austin, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 60% higher in Austin than in High Point. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $66,577 in High Point to keep the same standard of living.