City comparison
Austin, TX is about 700 miles (1,100 km) from Pueblo, CO in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 850 miles, or about 14 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 Pueblo, CO takes about 1 h 21 min, covering roughly 700 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 Pueblo, CO is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 11 a.m. in Pueblo, 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 111,430 in Pueblo — about 8.6× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 57 sq mi for Pueblo.
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 | Pueblo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $940/mo | 64.8% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $197,700 | 133.4% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $52,794 | 64.0% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 96.8 | 2.7% higher in Pueblo |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 85.8 | 3.2% higher in Pueblo |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 100.3 | 3.7% higher in Pueblo |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 100.2 | 4.3% higher in Pueblo |
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 $82,060 in Pueblo to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Pueblo, CO is about 17.9% cheaper overall than Austin, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 68% higher in Austin than in Pueblo. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $65,648 in Pueblo to keep the same standard of living.