City comparison
Baldwin Park, CA is about 1,400 miles (2,200 km) from Houston, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,700 miles, or about 28 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 Baldwin Park, CA to Houston, TX takes about 2 h 42 min, covering roughly 1,400 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.
Baldwin Park, CA is on Pacific Time and Houston, TX is on Central Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Baldwin Park, it's 2 p.m. in Houston, which puts Baldwin Park 2 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.
Houston has a population of 2,296,253, vs 71,692 in Baldwin Park — about 32.0× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 6.6 sq mi for Baldwin Park.
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 | Baldwin Park | Houston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,757/mo | $1,235/mo | 42.3% higher in Baldwin Park |
| Median home value | $553,400 | $235,000 | 135.5% higher in Baldwin Park |
| Median household income | $76,002 | $60,440 | 25.7% higher in Baldwin Park |
| Groceries index | 106.4 | 100.4 | 6.0% higher in Baldwin Park |
| Utilities index | 155.6 | 96.3 | 61.5% higher in Baldwin Park |
| Transportation index | 104.4 | 95.8 | 9.0% higher in Baldwin Park |
| Healthcare index | 104.3 | 95.2 | 9.6% higher in Baldwin Park |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Baldwin Park, you'd need $73,471 in Houston to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 26.5% cheaper overall than Baldwin Park, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 61% higher in Baldwin Park than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Baldwin Park, you'd need about $58,777 in Houston to keep the same standard of living.