City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from Newport News, VA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,600 miles, or about 27 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 Newport News, VA takes about 2 h 36 min, covering roughly 1,300 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 Newport News, VA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Newport News, 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 185,118 in Newport News — about 5.2× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 69 sq mi for Newport News.
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 | Newport News | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,209/mo | 28.1% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $233,400 | 97.7% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $63,355 | 36.6% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 96.9 | 2.9% higher in Newport News |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 90.0 | 8.2% higher in Newport News |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 98.8 | 2.2% higher in Newport News |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 98.3 | 2.2% higher in Newport News |
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 $93,176 in Newport News to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Newport News, VA is about 6.8% cheaper overall than Austin, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 21% higher in Austin than in Newport News. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $74,541 in Newport News to keep the same standard of living.