City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Syracuse, NY in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,800 miles, or about 31 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 Syracuse, NY takes about 2 h 57 min, covering roughly 1,500 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 Syracuse, NY is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Syracuse, 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 146,134 in Syracuse — about 6.6× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 25 sq mi for Syracuse.
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 | Syracuse | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $932/mo | 66.2% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $117,900 | 291.4% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $43,584 | 98.6% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 99.8 | 6.0% higher in Syracuse |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 130.3 | 56.7% higher in Syracuse |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 97.6 | 1.0% higher in Syracuse |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 98.4 | 2.4% higher in Syracuse |
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 $89,026 in Syracuse to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Syracuse, NY is about 11% cheaper overall than Austin, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 51% higher in Austin than in Syracuse. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $71,221 in Syracuse to keep the same standard of living.