City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,500 miles (2,500 km) from Levittown, NY in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,900 miles, or about 32 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 Levittown, NY takes about 3 h 4 min, covering roughly 1,500 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 Levittown, NY is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Levittown, 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 50,804 in Levittown — about 18.9× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 6.8 sq mi for Levittown.
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 | Levittown | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $2,318/mo | 49.6% higher in Levittown |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $515,300 | 11.7% higher in Levittown |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $140,559 | 62.4% higher in Levittown |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 109.4 | 16.2% higher in Levittown |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 124.5 | 49.7% higher in Levittown |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 105.0 | 8.6% higher in Levittown |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 105.7 | 10.0% higher in Levittown |
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 $121,167 in Levittown to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 17.5% cheaper overall than Levittown, NY, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 26% higher in Levittown than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $96,933 in Levittown to keep the same standard of living.