City comparison
Austin, TX is about 900 miles (1,400 km) from Peoria, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 18 hours 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 Peoria, AZ takes about 1 h 46 min, covering roughly 900 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 Peoria, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 11 a.m. in Peoria, which puts Austin 1 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 191,292 in Peoria — about 5.0× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 175 sq mi for Peoria.
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 | Peoria | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,638/mo | 5.7% higher in Peoria |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $383,600 | 20.3% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $86,759 | 0.2% higher in Peoria |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 95.8 | 1.7% higher in Peoria |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 96.2 | 15.6% higher in Peoria |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 104.1 | 7.7% higher in Peoria |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 104.0 | 8.2% higher in Peoria |
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 $104,264 in Peoria to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 4.1% cheaper overall than Peoria, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $83,411 in Peoria to keep the same standard of living.