City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,300 miles (2,200 km) from Odenton, MD in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,700 miles, or about 28 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 Odenton, MD takes about 2 h 40 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 Odenton, MD is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Odenton, 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 45,026 in Odenton — about 21.3× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 15 sq mi for Odenton.
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 | Odenton | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $2,161/mo | 39.5% higher in Odenton |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $387,600 | 19.1% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $120,280 | 39.0% higher in Odenton |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 102.0 | 8.3% higher in Odenton |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 108.8 | 30.8% higher in Odenton |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 101.4 | 4.9% higher in Odenton |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 100.9 | 5.0% higher in Odenton |
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 $105,844 in Odenton to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 5.5% cheaper overall than Odenton, MD, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 2% higher in Odenton than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $84,675 in Odenton to keep the same standard of living.