City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Newark, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,800 miles, or about 31 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 Newark, CA takes about 2 h 57 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 Newark, CA is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 10 a.m. in Newark, which puts Austin 2 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 47,470 in Newark — about 20.2× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 14 sq mi for Newark.
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 | Newark | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $2,644/mo | 70.7% higher in Newark |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $1,034,900 | 124.2% higher in Newark |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $159,465 | 84.2% higher in Newark |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 108.1 | 14.7% higher in Newark |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 168.3 | 102.3% higher in Newark |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 106.1 | 9.8% higher in Newark |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 106.0 | 10.3% higher in Newark |
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 $142,771 in Newark to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 30% cheaper overall than Newark, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 63% higher in Newark than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $114,217 in Newark to keep the same standard of living.