City comparison
Baltimore, MD is about 1,200 miles (2,000 km) from Flower Mound, TX 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 Baltimore, MD to Flower Mound, TX takes about 2 h 26 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.
Baltimore, MD is on Eastern Time and Flower Mound, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Baltimore, it's 11 a.m. in Flower Mound, which puts Baltimore 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.
Baltimore has a population of 584,548, vs 76,630 in Flower Mound — about 7.6× larger by population. By land area, Baltimore covers about 81 sq mi vs 42 sq mi for Flower Mound.
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 | Baltimore | Flower Mound | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $2,039/mo | 65.1% higher in Flower Mound |
| Median home value | $202,900 | $467,600 | 130.5% higher in Flower Mound |
| Median household income | $58,349 | $154,471 | 164.7% higher in Flower Mound |
| Groceries index | 102.7 | 102.5 | ≈ equal (Baltimore slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 108.6 | 91.1 | 19.3% higher in Baltimore |
| Transportation index | 100.8 | 99.8 | 1.1% higher in Baltimore |
| Healthcare index | 102.7 | 99.2 | 3.5% higher in Baltimore |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Baltimore, you'd need $100,074 in Flower Mound to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Baltimore and Flower Mound have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 5% higher in Flower Mound than in Baltimore. If you earn $80,000 in Baltimore, you'd need about $80,059 in Flower Mound to keep the same standard of living.