City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,100 miles (1,700 km) from Port St. Lucie, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,300 miles, or about 22 hours (about 2 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 Port St. Lucie, FL takes about 2 h 9 min, covering roughly 1,100 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 Port St. Lucie, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Port St. Lucie, 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 210,520 in Port St. Lucie — about 4.6× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 120 sq mi for Port St. Lucie.
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 | Port St. Lucie | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,684/mo | 8.7% higher in Port St. Lucie |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $292,900 | 57.6% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $75,040 | 15.3% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 96.5 | 2.4% higher in Port St. Lucie |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 87.7 | 5.5% higher in Port St. Lucie |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 99.0 | 2.5% higher in Port St. Lucie |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 98.5 | 2.5% higher in Port St. Lucie |
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 $99,400 in Port St. Lucie to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Port St. Lucie, FL is about 0.6% cheaper overall than Austin, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 4% higher in Austin than in Port St. Lucie. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $79,520 in Port St. Lucie to keep the same standard of living.