City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from Rowland Heights, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,500 miles, or about 25 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 Rowland Heights, CA takes about 2 h 24 min, covering roughly 1,200 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 Rowland Heights, CA is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 10 a.m. in Rowland Heights, which puts Austin 2 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 47,209 in Rowland Heights — about 20.3× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 13 sq mi for Rowland Heights.
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 | Rowland Heights | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,868/mo | 20.6% higher in Rowland Heights |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $757,000 | 64.0% higher in Rowland Heights |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $85,842 | 0.8% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 106.4 | 12.9% higher in Rowland Heights |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 155.6 | 87.0% higher in Rowland Heights |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 104.4 | 8.0% higher in Rowland Heights |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 104.3 | 8.6% higher in Rowland Heights |
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 $129,790 in Rowland Heights to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 23% cheaper overall than Rowland Heights, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 40% higher in Rowland Heights than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $103,832 in Rowland Heights to keep the same standard of living.